2008. Turley was found to be the second most cited law professor in the country as well as being ranked as one of the top ten military lawyers. In 2008 his blog was ranked as the top law professor blog and legal theory blog by the American Bar Association Journal survey of the top 100 blogs. His work with older prisoners has been honored in various states, including his selection as the 2011 recipient of the Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta Elder Justice Award at Fordham University. He has also been ranked in the top five most popular law professors on Twitter. He has received other awards including the James Madison award and was declared one of four university fellows at the Utah Valley University in 2019. Prominent cases Turley has served as counsel in notable cases; representing whistleblowers, military personnel, and a wide range of other clients in national security, environmental, and constitutional law cases. His cases as lead counsel have secured decisions striking down both a federal and a state law, among them: Larry Hanauer, a House Intelligence Committee staff member falsely accused of leaking classified information to The New York Times David Faulk, a whistleblower who revealed abuses at NSA's Fort Gordon surveillance programs Dr. Eric Foretich, in overturning the Elizabeth Morgan Act in 2003 Former Judge Thomas Porteous's impeachment trial defense Turley characterized Porteous's chronic bribe-taking as merely being a "moocher", convicted on four articles of impeachment, removed as judge by a Senate vote of 94-2 Defendants in terrorism cases, including Ali al-Tamimi (the alleged head of the Virginia Jihad/Paintball conspiracy)- On September 1, 2020, a federal court found that his challenges to his conviction had merit and ordered his release to Turley at Supermax in Colorado to drive back to Virginia to avoid risks of Covid-19. Area 51 workers at a secret air base in Nevada. Lead counsel in the litigation over the mass arrests at the World Bank/IMF protests in Washington. Turley represented the Rocky Flats grand jury in Colorado Turley testified on December 4, 2019, regarding the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, regarding constitutional issues not supporting the impeachment of Trump. Turley filed a challenge to the Libyan War on behalf of ten members of Congress. The lawsuit was before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Personal life Turley married his wife, Leslie, in 1997, and they have four