Stephen Anthony Turnquest was born in Nassau in 1958. He received his LLB from University of The West Indies in June 1985. He later earned a Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, September 1987. He was called to The Bahamas Bar in October 1987 and is a member of The Bahamas Bar Association. Turnquest practices in the areas of Commercial and Civil (including personal injuries) Litigation, Employment Law, Insolvency, Admiralty Law and Medical Malpractice.