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Education
- Creighton University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976
- Indiana State University, M.S., Speech Communication, 1973
- Indiana State University, B.S., Political Science, 1972
Steven C. Turner
1700 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68102-2068
Steven C. Turner is the Chair of the Financial Transactions Section and the Bankruptcy and Financial Dispute Resolution Group of the firm. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial and agricultural financing transactions, bankruptcy and workouts, banking and the Uniform Commercial Code. Mr. Turner frequently lectures on bankruptcy, financing and banking, loan documentation and Uniform Commercial Code issues.
Mr. Turner is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and served on its Board of Directors and is Past Chair of its UCC Committee. He is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, the American Bar Association (ABA) and the ABA’s Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Commercial Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Agricultural and Agri Business Finance (Former Chairperson from 1987 to 1994) and the Task Force on Revision to Article 9 of the UCC Relating to Agricultural Financing (Chair). Mr. Turner is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy.
Mr. Turner is included on the 2009 Great Plains Super Lawyers list for his work in Banking Law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) and has been for over twenty years for his work in Banking Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and is listed in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners Publishing 2010) for his work in financial transactions. In 2009, Mr. Turner was designated by Best Lawyers in America as the Banking Law Lawyer of the Year. In 2011, Mr. Turner was designated by Best Lawyers in America as the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Lawyer of the Year in Omaha.
From 1985 to 1990 Mr. Turner was an Adjunct Professor of Law of Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Creighton University School of Law. He has served as an instructor for the American Bankers Association School for Agricultural Bankers and was a member of the Iowa State University Czech Republic Task Force in 1993. In 2001, he led a team which consulted the government of Thailand on the development of commercial finance laws. He is the author of various articles that have appeared in local, regional and national publications, including the Creighton Law Review, the Oklahoma Law Review, the Journal of Agricultural Lending, the Journal of Agricultural Taxation & Law and various sections of Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide.
Bar & Court Admissions
- Nebraska, 1976
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Professional and Civic Affiliations
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- ABA’s Commercial Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Agricultural and Agri-Business Finance
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Risk Management Association