Mr. Turkle began his law career in the New York City Law Department where he represented municipal agencies in wide-ranging civil litigations and provided counsel in areas of social policy. 

In private practice since 1987, Mr. Turkle has concentrated in the areas of commercial litigation and arbitration.  He has litigated complex cases in both federal and state court involving insurance law, employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, municipal law, auditors’ liability, intellectual property, licensing agreements, and professional liability.

Mr. Turkle has authored several articles in the area of insurance law, including:

• “Taking Disability Claims to Federal Court: Is Present Value of Insured’s Future Benefit Included to Calculate Jurisdictional Amount?” New York Law Journal, December 4, 2000
  
• “Disability Claims of Professional s Subject to License Revocation: A Survey of the Law of Legal Disability,” Journal of Insurance Coverage, Spring 2000
  
• “The Broker as a 'Professional’: Court Rules on ‘Continuous Treat’ Doctrine in Malpractice Suit,” published in the Insurance Advocate, February 17, 2001
  
• "N.Y. Appellate Division Rules Insurer Owes No Duty to Inform Prospective Insured of Abnormality Detected in Medical Test," Insurance Advocate, January 20, 2001

Mr. Turkle has served as a member of the Entertainment Committee, the Young Lawyers' Committee and as a member of the Committee on Bioethical Issues of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  He is a member of Litigation Section of the American Bar Association.

While a student at New York Law School, Mr. Turkle was Notes and Comments Editor of the Journal of International and Comparative Law.

Professional Memberships:

• Assn. of the Bar of the City of NY
• American Bar Assn.
• Federal Bar Council
• Defense Resesarch Insititute