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Jason Turkish is a disability rights attorney, President and Managing Partner of Nyman Turkish PC, and counsel in Binno v. LSAC, whose settlement led LSAC to remove logic games from the LSAT.
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Jason Turkish is a disability rights attorney and the President and Managing Partner of Nyman Turkish PC, a Social Security Disability law firm founded in 1980 with offices in California, Florida and Michigan. He was counsel for the blind plaintiffs in Binno v. LSAC; after the case settled in 2019, LSAC removed logic games from the LSAT beginning with the August 2024 exam. In November 2025 he led a small team of advocates into the White House to argue against a planned cut to disability benefits for older workers; the plan was dropped. He has been legally blind since birth.
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Jason Turkish is a disability rights attorney and the President and Managing Partner of Nyman Turkish PC, a Social Security Disability law firm founded in 1980 with offices in California, Florida and Michigan. ProPublica has described the firm as one of the nation's largest representing disability claimants.
He was counsel for the blind plaintiffs in Binno v. LSAC; after the case settled in 2019, LSAC removed logic games from the LSAT beginning with the August 2024 exam. He represented blind Michigan voters in the 2020 federal case that ended in a consent decree requiring a remote accessible vote-by-mail system, and he has argued twice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
In 2024 he co-founded the Alliance for America's Promise, a Social Security disability rights group. In November 2025 he led a small team of advocates into the White House to argue against a planned cut to disability benefits for older workers; the plan was dropped.
The Michigan Supreme Court appointed him an attorney member of the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board; his second three-year term ends September 30, 2027. In 2026 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance.
He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan and a J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern (2012). He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (P76310) and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and he has been legally blind since birth.
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- Name
- Jason Turkish His bar record lists him as Jason Marc Turkish. Source State Bar of Michigan
- Title
- President and Managing Partner, Nyman Turkish PC As his byline note and independent reporting describe him. Source The Baltimore Sun · ProPublica
- Firm
- Nyman Turkish PC A nationwide Social Security Disability law firm founded in 1980, with offices in Roseville and El Segundo, California; Tampa, Florida; and Troy, Michigan. Source Nyman Turkish PC
- Bar admission
- State Bar of Michigan · P76310 Active and in good standing. Licensed October 31, 2012. Source State Bar of Michigan
- Bar admission
- Supreme Court of the United States Admitted October 3, 2016. Source Supreme Court Journal
- Education
- J.D., cum laude: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 2012. The law school on his official bar record. Source State Bar of Michigan
- Education
- B.A., Political Science: University of Michigan Source State of Michigan
- Lived experience
- Legally blind since birth Documented by the ABA Journal and CNN. Source ABA Journal · CNN
- Appointment
- Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Attorney member, appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court; second three-year term ends September 30, 2027. Source Attorney Discipline Board
- Elected membership
- National Academy of Social Insurance Election to membership announced February 23, 2026. Source National Academy of Social Insurance
- Advocacy
- Alliance for America's Promise: Co-founder A Social Security disability rights group founded in 2024; he is a director. Source Nyman Turkish PC · ProPublica
- Advisory role
- EvenUp: Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors Appointed May 2026, per EvenUp's announcement. Source Business Wire
How to refer to him, and how to reach him
Name and title
Jason Turkish; his bar record lists him as Jason Marc Turkish. His title is President and Managing Partner of Nyman Turkish PC. Describe him as a disability rights attorney. Source State Bar of Michigan Source The Baltimore Sun
On his sight
He has been legally blind since birth. "Legally blind" is the term the record uses. Source ABA Journal · CNN
Photographs
Photographs are available on request.
Media requests
Email press@jasonturkish.com. By phone, call Nyman Turkish PC at 877-529-4773 and say it is a press inquiry for Jason Turkish.
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