Nancy Turbak Berry
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UC Berkeley School of Law (JD)
Nancy Turbak Berry | |
|---|---|
| Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 5th district | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1956 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) UC Berkeley School of Law (JD) |
| Profession | Attorney |
Nancy J. Turbak Berry (born September 17, 1956) is a former Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate, representing the 5th district from 2006 to 2010.[1]
Nancy Turbak was born in Watertown, South Dakota. She started school in a one-room schoolhouse in Kranzburg, South Dakota. She attended Harvard University where she graduated cum laude with a B.A. in government. She then went on to obtain her J.D. at the Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.[2]
Career
Turbak practiced in a Minneapolis law firm for a number of years before returning to her hometown of Watertown, South Dakota, in 1982. She started the Turbak Law Office in Watertown and was a sole practitioner until her son, Seamus Culhane, a USD Law graduate, joined her practice in 2011.[2] Turbak Berry is a former magistrate of the Unified Judicial System, and served for four years as in the South Dakota State Senate.
