Reginald M Turner Jr

Mr. Turner has been an attorney with Clark Hill PLC, a law firm, since April 2000. Reginald Turner is a highly skilled litigator and lobbyist. He is a member of Clark Hill’s Executive Committee, its Government Policy Group and its Labor and Employment Group. He has governmental experience at the federal, state and local levels. In 1996-97, he completed a White House Fellowship in Washington, D.C., managing a Presidential Task Force and working as an aide to former Housing and Urban Development Secretaries Henry Cisneros and Andrew Cuomo. Reginald remains active in public service and civic and charitable organizations. He is secretary of the Greater Wayne County Economic Development Corporation and general counsel of the Wayne County Business Development Corporation. He is vice chairman of the Detroit Public Safety Foundation. He is a director of Comerica, Inc. and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, and a trustee of the Hudson-Webber Foundation. In 2011 Reginald completed a 10-year term as chair of the City of Detroit Board of Ethics. In 2003, Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Reginald to the Michigan State Board of Education and he won a statewide election for a full term in 2006. From 2000-2003, Reginald represented Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer on the Detroit Board of Education. He formerly served on Governor John Engler's Blue Ribbon Commission on Michigan Gaming and on the City of Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Advisory Committee. He is a past chair of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and continues to serve on its executive committee. J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1987 B.S., Wayne State University, 1982