Michael Turbes | Assistant Vice President - Senior Legal Counsel - AT&T Connected Communities
AT&T

Michael M. Turbes, Assistant Vice President - Senior Legal Counsel, is the lead attorney providing transactional and legal subject matter expertise for AT&T’s Connected Communities business.  Mr. Turbes advises on a broad range of legal issues related to the relationship life cycle between AT&T and multiple dwelling unit (MDU) property owners, including marketing communication, the formation of contractual relationships, and disputes. During more than two decades with AT&T, Mr. Turbes served AT&T in multiple roles and leadership positions providing a broad range of technology and telecommunications-related legal services, including: General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary of BellSouth Entertainment; General Counsel of the BellSouth Corporate Aviation and Travel Services Company; and senior counsel in real estate, consumer national retail, Internet of Things, television and media content, and the sale of regulated telecommunications services to large commercial and government customers. Prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Turbes practiced corporate technology law at large national law firms and a software company.  Mr. Turbes periodically speaks at conferences on telecommunications, technology and diversity legal issues. When not practicing law, Mr. Turbes enjoys traveling with his family, playing piano and volunteering in support of Street Law, public education and disadvantaged communities. Mr. Turbes is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Chicago Law School.