自我介绍

While growing up in Lloyd Harbor, New York, I spent much of my time fishing and sailing in Cold Spring Harbor and the Long Island Sound. My time on the water nurtured in me a love and appreciation for the sea and the need to respect and protect our environment. I graduated from SUNY at Albany with a BA in Environmental Studies and attended law school in Buffalo, where I met my wife Deborah. Shortly after graduating law school in 1984, I was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps and assigned to the Charleston Naval Legal Service Office. While serving on active duty, I was appointed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. Upon completion of my active duty service, I spent the next twenty years practicing with two nationally recognized plaintiff's civil litigation law firms and focused my practice on asbestos personal injury and property damage, environmental toxic tort litigation, and fraud actions under the False Claims Act. I am now in practice on my own at the Law Office of Robert M. Turkewitz, LLC ( (Website hidden by Airbnb) While I have handled cases all throughout the United States and Virgin Islands, it is always nice to be back home in Charleston! I like to spend my spare time sailing with my family and friends and staying actively involved in the community, such as serving on the Board of the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, and on the Advisory Boards of Save the Light, Inc. and the American College of the Building Arts. I am also the legal officer of the Charleston Sail and Power Squadron, and actively involved in the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston and the historic congregation, Kahol Kadosh Beth Elohim. I also enjoy creating solutions to complex problems, and I'm the co-inventor of the patented WhirlyBird Repeller, which is a simple but effective device used to repel birds from docks, boats, Coast Guard navigational aids, outdoor dining areas, cell towers and other areas where birds are a problem. My wife Deborah and I started a family business called WhirlyBird Solutions, LLC, through which we manufacture the WhirlyBird Repeller in Charleston and market it world-wide. ( (Website hidden by Airbnb) A WhirlyBird Repeller is mounted on the top of First Light's mast, which keeps her virtually bird-free. I'm listing for overnight stays "First Light," a classic Herreshoff designed 44' Cherubini Ketch. Although she has a fiberglass hull, she is finely appointed with lots of hand crafted wooden finishes inside and out. She has all the modern conveniences of home. Unfortunately, she is not available at this time for charter.