Scott F. Turow
Partner
Scott Turow specializes in criminal litigation.
Scott 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.
Scott 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.
Publications
- "Limitations"
- "Ordinary Heroes"
- "Reversible Errors"
- "Personal Injuries"
- "The Laws of Our Fathers"
- "Pleading Guilty"
- "The Burden of Proof"
- "Presumed Innocent"
- "One L"
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