| Christopher M. Turner
Prior to forming TurnerZamarripa, Mr. Turner was a Partner at BethartTurner, Attorneys at Law. Due to unexpected medical issues with his Partner, Andrew Bethart, Mr. Turner formed TurnerZamarripa with Jennifer Zamarripa, who previously worked as an Associate Attorney at BethartTurner. Before starting BethartTurner, Mr. Turner worked as an Associate Attorney at Koncilja & Koncilja, for seven years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from CSU-Pueblo in 2003, where he served as Student Body President. During his junior year, Mr. Turner was selected as a White House Intern, where he worked in the Advance Travel Division of the Executive Office of the President. Mr. Turner obtained his legal education at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, where, in 2005, he graduated, with honors, in the top 7 percent of his class. While in law school, he participated on three National Moot Court teams and was earned the Outstanding Student Achievement Award upon graduation. |
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Mr. Turner has served as President of the Pueblo County Bar Association and he has taught both in the Hasan School of Business and the Political Science Department for the past nine years. On January 1, 2012, and again in 2016, he was appointed by Governor John Hickenlooper to serve as a member of the 10th Judicial District Judicial Performance Commission. He has been named the Pueblo County Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer and was a finalist for the State of Colorado Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in 2012. He has received the William D. Alexander Pro Bono Award as well as the National American University Faculty Member of the Year Award.
In August of 2012, Mr. Turner attend a research delegation on behalf of the Colorado Bar Association to Havana, Cuba, where he worked with a team of attorneys on a comprehensive analysis of Cuba’s legal structure and the substantial changes made over the past several years.
Mr. Turner is Foundation Trustee at CSU-Pueblo and a member of President Lesley Di Mare’s Advisory Council.