MICHAEL A. TURKEN
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis Mo
J.D., 1968, Washington University Law Quarterly
Indiana University 1965
B.S. with majors in psychology and political science,
University City High School Graduated, 1961.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Turken & Associates, P.C. -- 1999 TO PRESENT
Cundiff, Turken & Londoff -- 1973 TO 1999
Law Offices of George Sullivan --1971 TO 1973
Office of the Public Defender, St. Charles County -- 1971 TO 1975
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County-- 1968 TO 1971
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS
**American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow since 1990
***American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-Missouri Chapter - President 2001 – 2002
***St. Charles County Bar Association
Past-President, 1978
Chairman of the Rules Committee, 1980 - present
***"BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA" SINCE 1990
***Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory - Rated "AV"
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Member
Missouri Bar Family Law Committee - Legislative Committee
St. Charles County Family Court Coordinating Committee - Member
St. Louis County Bar Association - Member
St. Louis Post Dispatch - Missouri Bar Family Law Legislative Liaison Committee
Washington University Law Quarterly - Editorial Staff 1968-1969
Licensed to practice in Missouri in 1968
Licensed to practice in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri in 1969
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Author Chapter 18 "Discovery" The Missouri Bar Family Law CLE 2001
Author "Evidence and Trial Tactics"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Second Annual Institute, October 31, 1997
Author "Child Custody Cases Involving Alternative Lifestyles"
The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference, Annual Meeting on September 18, 1997
Author & "Update of Family Law, Recent Legislation, Changes in Local St. Charles
Speaker County Rules, and Comments by the Court"
St. Charles County Bar and Missouri Bar CLE on July 28, 1997
Author "Ethics"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Annual Meeting, May 17, 1997
Author Chapter 18, "Discovery"
The Missouri Bar, Missouri Family Law, Fifth Edition on January 30, 1997
Editor Chapter 19, "Trial Practice in the Domestic Practice"
Family Law CLE, Fifth Edition, 1997
Editor "Family Law Deskbook Chapter 9"
November 6, 1996
Author "Family Law: Focusing on Child Support and Financial Considerations" St. Charles County Bar in June 1995
Author "Computer Software" for An Advanced Seminar and Update on Family Law in Missouri
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers on January 19, 1995
Author "Maintenance--Pay Now and Pay Later?"
University of Missouri-Kansas City on December 9, 1994
Author "Pleading and Proving Prior Convictions"Missouri Prosecuting Attorney Handbook in 1971Author "Guardianship/The Capacity of a Ward"
Washington University Law Quarterly, 1968-1969
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
Speaker "Economics of Family Law Practice" American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Mo. Chapter) April 17, 2004
Speaker "Agreements with Clients"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers National Meeting 1998
Speaker "The Economics of the Domestic Practice"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Mo. Chapter)
May, 1999 Speaker "Legislative Update for 1998 "- Missouri Bar
August 7, 1998 Speaker "Legislative Update of St. Charles County Family Law"- St. Charles County Bar Association
July 10, 1998 Speaker "Ethics and Civility in the Family Practice: What Are the Bounds of Advocacy?"
The Missouri Bar CLE, Annual Family Law Institute on August 22, 1997
Speaker "Ethics and Civility in the Family Practice: What Are the Bounds of Advocacy?"
The Missouri Bar CLE, Annual Family Law Institute on August 1, 1997
Author & "Update of Family Law, Recent Legislation, Changes in Local St. CharlesSpeaker County Rules, and Comments by the Court"
St. Charles County Bar and Missouri Bar CLE on July 28, 1997
Speaker "Is the Marriage Irretrievably Broken"
Missouri Bar CLE on Eighth Annual Family Law Institute on August 11, 1995
Speaker "Federal Child Support Requirements and Guidelines"
Missouri Bar CLE, Seventh Annual Family Law Institute on August 19, 1994
Speaker "Federal Child Support Requirements and Guidelines"
Missouri Bar CLE, Seventh Annual Family Law Institute on August 19, 1994
Speaker "The Computer and You in Domestic Relations Cases"
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis in 1994
Speaker "Malpractice"
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1994
Speaker "Creative Use of the Personal Computer in Domestic Relations practice"
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis on August 5, 1993
Speaker "Discovery in the Domestic Relations Cases"
Missouri Bar Association in 1993
Speaker "Domestic Relations, The Emotional Client"
Bar Association of St. Charles in 1992
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