Reginald M. Turner

Member
Phone: (313) 965-8318
Fax: (313) 965-8252
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Areas of Practice
Education & Municipal
Employment Litigation
Government Policy & Practice
Healthcare Industry
Labor & Employment Law
Legislative Lobbying
Transportation

Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in State of Michigan

Education
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1987
B.S., Wayne State University, 1982

Memberships
American Arbitration Association, Michigan Employment Advisory Council
American Bar Association, Member House of Delegates; Member Labor and Employment Section
American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
American Society of Employers, Board of Directors
Blue Ribbon Commission on Michigan Gaming, former Member
City of Detroit Board of Ethics, Chairman
City of Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Advisory Committee, former Member
Comerica, Inc, Director
Detroit Board of Education, former Member
Detroit Institute of Arts, Vice Chairman
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Member Labor and Employment Section
Detroit Police Foundation, Vice Chairman
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, certified in arbitration
Hudson-Webber Foundation, Board Member
United Way of Southeastern Michigan, Chairman
Wayne County Economic Development Corporation, Secretary
Wayne County Aerotropolis Task Force
Michigan State Board of Education, Board Member
National Bar Association, Past President; Member Labor and Employment Section
State Bar of Michigan, Past-President; Member Labor and Employment Section
United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Chairman
The Best Lawyers in America, 2003 - present
Super Lawyers®, 2005 - present
Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Lawyer of the Year 2005

Reginald M. Turner is a member of Clark Hill’s Executive Committee, its Government Policy Practice Group and its Labor and Employment Practice Group. Mr. Turner is a Past President of the National Bar Association and Past President of the State Bar of Michigan. Mr. Turner is named in the peer review guides The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers®.   He is a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor reserved to less than one percent of lawyers in each state.

Mr. Turner regularly counsels clients in negotiation, drafting and administration of labor and employment contracts in the private and public sectors. He has handled a wide variety of litigation in state and federal civil courts, state and federal administrative tribunals, and grievance and interest arbitrations. Mr. Turner is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Employers and he has served on the State Bar of Michigan’s Labor and Employment Section Council.  Mr. Turner is also a member of the labor and employment sections of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association and the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Michigan Employment Advisory Council.  He is certified in arbitration by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Mr. Turner has governmental experience at the federal, state and local levels, and he regularly counsels clients and advocates for them on important matters of public policy. In 1996-97, he completed a White House Fellowship in Washington, D.C., managing a Presidential Task Force and working as an aide to former Housing and Urban Development Secretaries Henry Cisneros and Andrew Cuomo. Mr. Turner remains active in public service and civic and charitable organizations. He is Chairman of the City of Detroit Board of Ethics and Chairman of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan.  In 2003, Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Mr. Turner to the Michigan State Board of Education and he won a statewide election for a full term in 2006.  He is Secretary of the Wayne County Economic Development Corporation.  From 2000-2003, Mr. Turner represented Detroit Mayors Dennis Archer and Kwame Kilpatrick on the Detroit Board of Education. He formerly served on Governor John Engler's Blue Ribbon Commission on Michigan Gaming and on the City of Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Advisory Committee.  He is Vice Chairman of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and Vice Chairman of the Detroit Police Foundation.  He is a Director of Comerica, Inc., the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, and the Josephson Institute for Ethics, and a Board Member of the Hudson-Webber Foundation.