Catherine’s Experience

Solo Practitioner, Catherine Turner, Attorney at Law, LLC
Owner/CEO/President/Lawyer Goddess 2008-present

Active Member, CJA panel attorney, United States District Court
District of Minnesota 2010-present

Minnesota Board of Public Defense, Assistant Public Defender, Dakota County
Full time 2006-2008
Part time 2011-present

Office of the Federal Defender, law clerk/certified student attorney
District of Oregon 2002-2005

Catherine’s Professional Organizations:

Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, 2008-present
Board member 2011-2017

Catherine and Mark Haase testifying on criminal justice issues on behalf of MACDL at the MN State Capitol, 2016.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, 2012-present

Minnesota Bar Association
Member 2008-present

Federal Bar Association
Member 2016- present

Hennepin County Bar Association
Member 2008-present

Catherine’s training and degrees:

National Criminal Defense College Trial School
Macon, GA July 2012

Minnesota Board of Public Defense Trial School
St. Paul, MN 2006

J.D. 2005
Lewis & Clark Law School
Portland, OR

B.A. Political Science 2002
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Higher profile cases:

https://www.startribune.com/brothers-sentenced-to-decades-in-federal-prison-for-robberies-including-one-that-caused-market-owner-s-fatal-heartattack/565746302/

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/03/05/gang-member-sentenced