J. Drake Turrentine Chief Legal Officer Secretary, Board of Directors  Drake Turrentine is Chief Legal Officer (General Counsel) and Secretary of Special Olympics.  Before joining Special Olympics as its first in-house General Counsel in July 1997, Turrentine was a partner for 18 years with Wiggin & Dana, one of Connecticut’s largest law firms, and chaired its international business law practice. He served as outside General Counsel to the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Connecticut and has represented numerous international businesses, including the Swedish Saab-Scania Group. Turrentine served four years in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence specialist. Turrentine earned his Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in 1969 from the University of Pennsylvania and his Juris Doctor degree in 1972 from Yale Law School.