Robert Tourtelot is a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 lawyer and former chairman of the California Horse Racing Board

California Horse Racing Board

The California Horse Racing Board was established in 1933 as an independent agency of the State of California, United States. The CHRB has authority over the regulation of horse racing and parimutuel betting at licensed California race tracks...

, the commission that regulates the California horse racing

Horse racing

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 industry.

Tourtelot was first appointed to the CHRB by the Governor of California

Governor of California

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 in October 1993, and was reappoined to the Board by Governor Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson

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 in July 2001. He became acting Chairman of the Board when former Chairman George Nicholaw

George Nicholaw

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’s term on the Board expired in February 2000, and was unanimously elected CHRB Board Chairman in March 2000.

Tourtelot is a graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

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. He is a principal in the law firm of Robert H. Tourtelot, PLC, which is a Los Angeles law firm specializing in litigation and transactional projects. Tourtelot was a member of the board of directors of DARE America and of the os Angeles Police Department Crime Prevention Advisory Council. He is a special reserve officer for the LAPD. He also holds a commercial helicopter pilot

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license. Tourtelot resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Susan. He has one son, Robert Jr., and three daughters, Adrienne, Nicole, and Katherine.