SPECIALTY
Personal injury and wrongful death claims on behalf of persons injured or killed by the carelessness of others, primarily in connection with auto accidents, unsafe premises, product liability, and other general liability matters.

EDUCATION
J.D., Harvard Law School 1980, cum laude
B.A., University of New Hampshire 1977, magna cum laude, with majors in Political Science and Economics 
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover, NH, 1972

LICENSURE
Roger is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.

PAST AND PRESENT AFFILIATIONS
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
American Bar Association
NH Bar Association
NH Trial Lawyers Association,
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
Greater Newburyport Bar Association (Past President)
Essex County Bar Association
Maine State Bar Association
Maine Trial Lawyers Association

DISTINCTIONS
UNH debate team, which competed regionally and nationally.
Three times named the school's best debater.
Several honor societies in recognition of academic achievements, including Phi Beta Kappa (liberal arts), Phi Kappa Phi (university-wide), and Pi Gamma Mu (social sciences).
The second graduate from UNH to have been accepted to Harvard Law School.
Editor and then executive editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review.
Active in the Harvard Law School Environmental Law Society.
Six years experience working for two major Boston law firms.
Head of the personal injury department at Hamel, Deshaies & Gagliardi (later, the Hamel Law Firm) from 1991 through 1999.
Founded Turgeon & Associates in late 1999.
Lectured on topics including product liability, liquor liability, and auto insurance claims. 
Trial Magazine, June 1990 “Ethylene Oxide Insidious Threat to Hospital Workers”, Wendy S. Harrison and Roger D. Turgeon.

Roger D. Turgeon is the sole proprietor of Turgeon & Associates.