Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Turner has for 20 years helped clients earn billions in revenue for patented technologies while successfully defending cases with billions at stake. Clients in the biomed and tech worlds include Abbot, Apple, Meta, Intel and Gilead. He was also a recipient of USC’s Alumni Merit Award in 2023.
What’s the best advice you ever got? Good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is your better and your better is your best.
What’s your favorite movie, all time and in any category? “Henry V” – the Kenneth Branagh version, not that whack Laurence Olivier garbage.
What’s at the top of your bucket list? A day with nothing on my mind but coffee and comic books.
YEARS ON LA500: 5