Derek Turnbull is an associate in the Litigation Department and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on matters in white collar defense, primarily trade controls and anti-corruption matters.

Derek assists multinational corporations in investigating corruption, sanctions and trade controls violations, and other financial crimes, implements and improves clients' compliance programs, and advises clients on the rapidly evolving sanctions frameworks against Iran, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela and other jurisdictions.

Derek received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 2016, where he was an associate editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law. He has previously lived and worked in China and Israel. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and New York.