TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 12, 2021

Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner has formed an exploratory committee to seek the seat of Memphis mayor in 2023, the Commercial Appeal reports. “I’m exploring the opportunity. I’ve seen that it’s an open seat in 2023 and after that exploratory effort I’ll announce what my intentions are,” Turner said yesterday. Turner is a partner in the law firm of Bruce & Turner PLLC. He was first elected to the county commission in 2014 and reelected in 2018. His term ends in 2022. Turner is also president of the Memphis branch of the NAACP, and president and CEO of Memphis Greenspace, the nonprofit that purchased a number of public parks to remove confederate monuments. He is a former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman and was a member of the TBA’s Leadership Law class of 2008.