Attorney Profiles

Karen Bailey Turner 
Rochester, New York

Areas of Practice:

• Criminal Law (Defender)
• Civil Litigation
• Prisoners' Rights
• Constitutional Law

Bar Admissions:

• New York, 1997
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1997

Education:

• State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York, 1996
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Order of the Barrister
• The American University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1994
  Master of Arts, Communication / Public Communication
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1989
  Bachelor of Science, Communication

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Monroe County Bar Association, 2010
• Rochester Black Bar Association, 1996 - 2010
• President, 2010

Past Employment Positions:

• Monroe County Public Defender's Office, Assistant Public Defender, 1998 - 2008
• Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (now Nixon Peabody), Associate, 1996 - 1998

Languages:

• English