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