Kathryn Turpin is a senior corporate and transactional attorney with experience working with a spectrum of businesses from the start-up company to the medium-sized company. She is licensed to practice law in both Texas and California.
Prior to moving back to Austin in 1997, Kathryn practiced law for several years in Los Angeles. In California, Kathryn worked at large law firms in downtown Los Angeles, focusing primarily on corporate securities matters and complex transactions for large private companies and publicly held companies. Now living and practicing in Austin, Kathryn works with clients to structure, negotiate, and close a wide variety of general business transactions, including reorganizations, purchases and sales of businesses, sales of equity to investors, and technology agreements. Kathryn also assists clients in identifying the proper ownership structure and implementing the plan for the business. Kathryn views her relationship with clients as a collaborative effort, with the goal of making a client’s business run as smoothly as possible.
Kathryn’s clients find her to be a thoughtful, attentive counselor who provides simple and clear explanations to her clients and who can craft cost-effective solutions to meet their business goals.
Kathryn is a three-time Ironman finisher and has crossed the Grand Canyon eight times. She is married to a research astrophysicist turned-college-professor and has two young adult stepchildren. In her free time, Kathryn enjoys delivering meals on her Meals on Wheels route, running and walking, swimming, yoga, reading, and spending time with their cats.
Professional Licenses, Memberships, Honors and Awards
- Member, State Bars of California and Texas
- Volunteer for Meals on Wheels, 2007- present
- Leadership Austin Essential Class 2001
- Board Member and Treasurer of Rollingwood Community Development Corporation, 2002-2005
- Board Member and President of Community Partnership for the Homeless (now Green Doors), a nonprofit organization that provides transitional housing for homeless veterans and affordable housing to low-income families, 1999 – 2003.
- Board Member of Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC), a nonprofit organization that provides services to low-income and homeless individuals (Santa Monica, California), 1996-97.
- Board Member and volunteer, Turning Point Shelter, a transitional shelter for homeless adults (Santa Monica, California), 1982-1997.
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Texas School of Law
- B.A., Accounting, University of Texas at Austin (Phi Beta Kappa, with high honors)
