Jason W. Turner

Representative Experience

• Served as bond counsel to conduit borrower for issuance by West Virginia Economic Development Authority of two series of bonds totaling $5,480,000 to provide funds to the conduit borrower for the construction of a facility and the improvement of existing facilities for the manufacture of high end kitchen cabinetry and related products. The tax-exempt series of bonds was issued as a Qualified Small Issue Bond for federal income tax purposes for which volume cap was obtained to issue tax exempt private activity bonds
• Assisted in serving as bond counsel for West Virginia county commission in issuance of tax increment financing bonds and special district excise tax bonds to finance public infrastructure improvements within a large mixed-use retail, office and entertainment development
• Assisted in serving as bond counsel for West Virginia municipality in issuance of tax increment financing bonds to finance the acquisition, repair, renovation and maintenance of a public parking garage and other public infrastructure improvements
• Served as bond counsel for West Virginia county commission in issuance of tax increment financing bonds and special district excise tax bonds to finance public infrastructure improvements within a large mixed-use retail, office, and entertainment development
• Assisted in serving as bond counsel for West Virginia municipality for a sales tax revenue bond issue to finance road and bridge improvements and the total rehabilitation of a historic public theatre facility
• Assisted in representation of regional underwriting firm for the issuance of tax increment financing bonds
• Served as bond counsel for West Virginia municipality for a sales tax revenue bond issue to finance road and bridge improvements and the total rehabilitation of a historic public theatre facility
• Served as bond counsel for tax increment financing bond issues to finance and refinance infrastructure improvements and mass grading of land in a 160 acre mixed-use professional office park
• Served as bond counsel for a regional hospital facility for a private placement, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) bond financing for refinancing of outstanding debt
• Served as bond counsel for a West Virginia municipal building commission in issuance of lease revenue bonds to finance replacement of bridge
• Served as special commissioner appointed by West Virginia circuit court to conduct annual statutory audit of general receiver

Licensed In

• West Virginia

Education

• J.D. West Virginia University College of Law

• B.A. University of Kentucky

Memberships

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Former Board of Directors Member and Chair of Development Committee, Spark! Imagination and Science Center, Morgantown, WV
• Executive Research Editor, W. Va. Law Review, Vol. 117
• Associate Editor, W. Va. Law Review, Vol. 116
• Member, United States Supreme Court Clinic

Achievements

• CALI Awards: Constitutional Law; Civil Disobedience and the Law; Complex Litigation; Intellectual Property; Legislative Process; Lawyers as Leaders; Nonprofit Organizations; United States Supreme Court Clinic 1; United States Supreme Court Clinic 2
• ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in Labor and Employment Law
• Patrick Duffy Koontz Award
• The Order of the Coif, WVU College of Law
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Economic Development Law (2025), Public Finance Law (2025)

Speaking Engagements

• “Scratching the Surface: ‘Uncertainty and Confusion’ in Faith United Methodist v. Morgan,” W. Va. Law Review Online, Vol. 117