Cheryl Turner is a civil and consumer rights trial lawyer earning her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California (USC). For over 20 years, she’s managed her own legal practice with an emphasis on civil rights, consumer rights, business, tax, real estate, transportation and law. Ms. Turner also advises and assists clients with tax and regulatory compliance issues. Cheryl is a former Real Estate Broker and currently holds a Public Works Construction Management Certificate. She was appointed by the Governor to the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians where she worked to ensure that qualified persons are licensed vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians by enforcing educational requirements, standards of practice, and by educating consumers about their patient rights.
Ms. Turner believes that a good education is the foundation for future success. As a lawyer, she successfully brought a legal challenge and obtained an injunction to stop the civil rights violations of high school students in the Compton Unified School System when the district used an illegal grading system that artificially lowered the student’s grade point averages and prevented them from being accepted into college. The illegal grading system was stopped, and ultimately the school district was returned to local school district control. Ms. Turner serves on a commission that oversees the licensing of healthcare educational institutions throughout the state of California. She supports the allocation of the state’s budget towards ensuring that teachers receive decent pay; that students of every zip code receive necessary educational resources; funding for pre-k education to prepare children for their future educational success; internet access for students, training programs, and early apprenticeships in trade technical colleges and free community college for first-time students.