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The Founder of Venerable Voice of Change

Augustus Turner

Augustus Turner is a trailblazing entertainment lawyer, a combat veteran of 11 years, and was named one of the best young attorneys in America by the National Bar Association.  


Augustus is the author behind the internationally acclaimed essay “I am a Black Man Who Jogs”, which started as a Facebook post that has been shared nearly 150,000 times and became a humanizing symbol for social justice. He is a soldier, lawyer, scholar, member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, and former first responder.  His work across multiple disciplines helps him broadly address the experience of an African Americans in public and professional life. 


As a Soldier, Augustus is a second-generation paratrooper who deployed with the 82nd Airborne Division to help Iraq defeat ISIS. He  ran  an  award -winning  Legal  Assistance  and  Special  Victim’s  Counsel  Office  from  2016-207,  where  he  represented  over  60  special  crimes  victims  and  manages  a  team  of  five  legal  professionals  doing  the  same. He  overturned  wrongful  convictions  in  five  appellate  cases ,  and  helped  prosecute  cases  of  stolen  valor,  arms  smuggling ,    countless  sex  crimes,  and  abuse  of  trust  by  government  officials. 


 As an attorney, he worked as both a JAG Officer and Special Assistant United States Attorney for nearly a decade combined.  In 2022, he was the first attorney in the history of Amazon hired through a Skillbridge (military/corporate fellowship). As a scholar, he has obtained both a Master of Arts degree in bioethics as well as a Master of Laws degree in government contracting. 


Today,  Augustus  is  a  global  entertainment  lawyer  for  a  streaming  service  in  Los  Angeles.  He  is  also  a  voting  member  of  the  Television  Academy.  He  has  been  a  member  of  Kappa  Alpha  Psi  Fraternity  Inc.  since  2005,  and  a  member  of  the  ACLU  since  2010.


A very special thanks to Augusts' wife, Michelle who not only inspired him to create this site  when it  was  first  a  blog, but also came  up  with  the  idea  behind  the  name.  Their family has appeared on CNN, Little Big Shots with Steve Harvey, USA  Today,  Ellen, Good Morning America, the CBS Morning News, USA Today, and People among others. 


"Augustus" is Greco-Roman for "The Venerable One".


Augustus Turner

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Augustus Turner was a guest panelist at the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
Augustus Turner volunteered in high school in his local emergency room for over 2000 hours.
Augustus Turner helped apprehend/prosecute on of the nation's most prolific acts of Stolen Valor.
Augustus was recently a guest host for several National Bar Association events.
Augustus was featured on several articles worldwide for his compelling DEI essays.
Augustus was featured on CNN for surprising his family upon his redeployment from Iraq.
Augustus, a ten year veteran of the US Army JAG Corps, was promoted to Major in 2019.
Augustus' work was featured on NBC News and other major publications.
Augustus' DEI essays were featured on NBC News and other major publications.

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