Biographical Sketch of

Judson H. Turner

Director, Environmental Protection Division

Judson H. Turner was appointed Director of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources effective Jan.1, 2012.

Mr. Turner was former Gov. Sonny Perdue’s executive counsel and also served as the then-governor’s legal representative in negotiations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service regarding drought operations at the federal reservoirs of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) river basins.

Since serving as executive counsel, Mr. Turner has served both Governors Perdue and Nathan Deal as special executive counsel in negotiations between the states of Alabama, Georgia and Florida related to the ACF and ACT basins and on matters involving Georgia’s other shared river basins.

Mr. Turner is a founding partner of the law firm Turner, Bachman & Garrett LLC and Georgia360 LLC, a multidisciplinary public affairs firm.

He also served as general counsel to the Georgia Department of Education from 2003 to 2005 and worked in a general commercial litigation practice at Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP in Birmingham prior to his government service.

Mr. Turner received his law degree from the University of Virginia and his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, where he was president of the Student Government Association, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors in political science and economics.

The Albany native and his wife, Courtney, live in Griffin with their two children.

Under Georgia law, the EPD Director is appointed by the Board of Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor.