 |
|
Michael C. Turpen
In 1982 Mike Turpen was elected attorney general for the state of Oklahoma. He served as Muskogee County District Attorney from 1977 to 1982. Since 1987, Turpen has been a partner in the law firm of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis in Oklahoma City.
While no longer serving in public office, Turpen remains politically active. He appears weekly on Oklahoma City NBC affiliate KFOR’s award-winning public affairs show, “Flash Point with Turpen & Humphreys.” He appeared twice on ABC’s “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher and was featured on PBS’s national documentary, “Vote for Me: Politics in America.” He had a long-running monthly column, “Turpen Time,” for the OPEA monthly newspaper and was a featured columnist for Microsoft’s internet magazine, Slate. Turpen is a nationally sought after public speaker, having keynoted conferences of the National Association of Attorneys General, the Fourth Federal Judicial Circuit, and the National Family and Juvenile Judges’ Association. |