Mr. Turow specializes in criminal litigation.
Mr. Turow is a former supervisor in the United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago, and has extensive experience with federal criminal prosecutions, including grand jury matters, as both a prosecutor and as defense counsel. He has tried a large number of both civil and criminal cases. He has also done extensive pro bono criminal work, including capital cases, and has served on several public bodies. He is a member of the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission, of which he was the first Chair, and served formerly as a member of the Illinois Commission on Capital Punishment, whose recommendations led to substantial reforms of the Illinois death penalty.
Mr. Turow is the author of eight popular books, six novels, (three of which have been filmed) "Reversible Errors," "Personal Injuries," "The Laws of Our Fathers," "Pleading Guilty," "The Burden of Proof" and "Presumed Innocent," as well as "One L," an autobiographical book about his first year at Harvard Law School, and "Ultimate Punishment," a memoir of dealing as a lawyer with capital punishment.