Jonathan Turley

Jonathan Turley is a law professor, columnist, television analyst, and litigator. Since 1998, he has held the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School. He has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades, including representing members of Congress, judges, whistleblowers, five former attorney generals, celebrities, accused spies and terrorists, journalists, protesters, and the workers at the secret facility Area 51. Turley...See more

Jonathan Turley is a law professor, columnist, television analyst, and litigator. Since 1998, he has held the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School. He has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades, including representing members of Congress, judges, whistleblowers, five former attorney generals, celebrities, accused spies and terrorists, journalists, protesters, and the workers at the secret facility Area 51. Turley has testified before Congress over 100 times, including during the impeachments of Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. He was also lead counsel in the last judicial impeachment in US history. He has written for the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Washington Post , Los Angeles Times , and USA Today . Called the "dean of legal analysts" by the Washington Post , he has worked as a legal analyst for CBS, NBC, BBC, and Fox News. In a study by Judge Richard Posner, Turley was found to be thirty-eighth in the top 100 most cited "public intellectuals" and the second most cited law professor. See less