J. Eric Turner

Eric has represented rural electric cooperatives across Oklahoma for more than two decades. He serves as general counsel for a statewide association of rural electric cooperatives and as board counsel for a generation and transportation cooperative. Eric has returned to his family’s rural roots and greatly enjoys working with the leaders of communities across rural Oklahoma. Eric began his practice in 1983 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 1989, he continued his practice in Oklahoma City with the Derryberry firm, continuing to focus primarily on insurance industry matters. In 2005, Eric transitioned to working almost exclusively with rural electric utility clients. Eric is deeply concerned with the current hunger crisis in Oklahoma, and serves on the board of Urban Mission, a food pantry providing food and fundamental services for thousands of families in need each year. He and Lisa, married more than 40 years, are members of First Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City and have two adult children, Kathryn and Jackson, both research scientists.

• Partner
• Representative Clients
• Oklahoma Association Electric Cooperatives
• Western Farmer Electric Cooperative

• Folmar v. Marriott, Inc., 918 P.2d 86, 1996 WL 297450
• Court: Okla.App.Div. 3
• Year: 1996
• Folmar v. Marriott, Inc.
• Citation: 1996 OK CIV APP 51
• Navistar Intern. Transp. Corp. v. Vernon Klein Truck & Equipment
• Citation: 919 P.2d 443, 1994 WL 902778
• Year: 1994
• Navistar Intern. Transp. Corp. v. Vernon Klein Truck & Equipment, 1994 OK CIV APP 168, 1997-1 Trade Cases P 71,706
• Wallace v. Transport Life Ins. Co.
• Citation: 841 P.2d 613, 1992 WL 368710
• Court: Okla.App. Div. 1
• Citation: 1992 OK CIV APP 20
• Year: 1992
• Iochem Corp v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp. Comm'n, 2021 OK CIV 28, 497 P. 3d 696
• Oklahoma Gas & Elec. Co. v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp. Comm'n, 2025 OK 15, 565 P.3d 418

• Oklahoma, 1983
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

• Electric Cooperative Bar Association
• OAEC Attorneys Group