Mr. Turner graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and from the University of San Diego Law School. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Arizona in 1977, and in the state of California in 1978.
Mr. Turner is a founding shareholder of the law firm Turner Law. The firm has been in practice since 1991. The firm's practice includes real property transactions, business transactions, construction transactions, financial matters, and full service litigation in all of these areas.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of real property law including transactional matters, construction law, insolvency matters involving real estate, land use and real property development, and real property finance.
He was formerly chairman of the real estate department at an established medium sized firm and a member of its executive committee. He also supervised litigation attorneys involved in construction claims litigation, construction defects litigation, and title litigation.
He also has extensive experience in the sale, purchase and disposition of businesses. He has represented both buyers and sellers in structuring asset and stock purchases, as well as mergers and corporate reorganizations. In recent years he has assisted clients in the acquisition of a multi-site telecommunications company (including all financing), the purchase of numerous restaurants and bars, the sale of a 30 million dollar per year construction company to a Fortune 500 company, the acquisition of the controlling interest in a capacitor manufacturing company, and numerous small business sales and purchases. He regularly forms corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and limited partnerships.
Mr. Turner has represented lenders, developers, insurance companies, private investors, and national and regional companies in the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of residential, industrial, and commercial properties. He has closed more than 100 large commercial loan transactions including industrial and commercial real estate, shopping centers and apartment projects, mobile home parks, and office buildings. He has represented buyers and sellers in numerous transactions involving industrial and commercial projects, office buildings, raw land, apartments, luxury homes, hotels, mobile home parks and condominiums. He has extensive experience in structuring transactions such as build to suit arrangements, exchanges, sale\leasebacks, shared equity and joint venture relationships, options, and phased acquisitions.
He has represented lending institutions, development companies, and title companies in numerous title related matters including easement and boundary disputes, enforcement of covenants, conditions and restrictions, document forgeries, bankruptcies, enforceability of encumbrances, lien priority issues, loan workouts, loan documentation, foreclosure matters, construction defects litigation and related matters.
He has represented clients in many types of business matters, including secured transactions, corporate and partnership dissolutions, collection matters, UCC disputes, contract and license claims, products liability defense, securities litigation and related business matters.
Mr. Turner also has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to both construction litigation and construction transactions. In that regard Mr. Turner has more than five years experience in the construction industry as a heavy equipment operator and surveyor. He has represented numerous contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and surety companies in a wide variety of construction matters. He has acted as outside general counsel to numerous subcontractors and has handled all phases of their business matters including mechanic's liens, construction claims, licensing issues, workers compensation issues, construction contract interpretation, surety litigation, defective construction, claims regarding timeliness of performance, and consequential damage claims.
Mr. Turner has been appointed as a discovery referee and a referee to administrate partition sales.
Mr. Turner has been an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association for more than 30 years, and has provided services as a mediator since 1995. He has served primarily as a construction and real estate arbitrator, but has also conducted numerous private arbitrations in the area of business, commercial matters, shareholder disputes, employment issues, and related matters.
Mr. Turner has received more than 150 hours of advanced training in mediation and arbitration skills over the last five years. During his career as an arbitrator, Mr. Turner has conducted 50 or more arbitrations involving claims as small as residential deposit receipt disputes and as complex as multi-party disputes on large construction projects including the Los Angeles Central Jail facility, a major resort/hotel in Tucson, Arizona, large apartment and condominium projects, public works projects, and similar projects.
During the last ten years, he has also served as a mediator in connection with a variety of business and real estate disputes, construction matters, bankruptcy matters and related issues. These matters have included complex partnership and corporate disputes, disputes involving real estate and its development, construction claims, construction collection disputes, bankruptcy matters involving complex business arrangements, lien priorities, property and bodily injury damage claims, employment issues, and other matters. Mr. Turner has also mediated personal injury, auto accident, and premises liability matters.
Mr. Turner provides alternative dispute resolution services through the American Arbitration Association, through the San Diego County Bar Association for attorney/client disputes, and serves as a private arbitrator, mediator and referee.
Mr. Turner is a mediator for the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. He is also on the San Diego Superior Court Mediation Panel and is a member of the San Diego County Bar Fee Arbitration and Client Relations Committee.
He is active in the real property practice section of the San Diego County Bar Association, and is a member of the real property sections of the California and Arizona State Bars. Mr. Turner is also a member of the Pima County Bar Association.
In addition, Mr. Turner was a member of the Principal’s Advisory Committee for Sacred Heart Academy, is a member of the board of Second Chances Bread of Life, is a former member of the board of the Peninsula Youth Softball Association, is a former member of the Peninsula Planning Group, and is a member of the board of the Gamma Rho Chapter of Kappa Sigma Educational Foundation and its House Corporation. He is currently on the Board of Managers for the Peninsula YMCA and an active member of the Point Loma High School volleyball booster group.
Mr. Turner has testified or qualified as an expert witness in cases involving the standard of care of attorneys in business and real estate matters, as well as litigation, real estate matters, as well as litigation, real property and title issues.
Mr. Turner has taught courses on foreclosure, escrow law, avoiding malpractice and mechanic’s liens.
Mr. Turner is a founding shareholder of the law firm Turner Law. The firm has been in practice since 1991. The firm's practice includes real property transactions, business transactions, construction transactions, financial matters, and full service litigation in all of these areas.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of real property law including transactional matters, construction law, insolvency matters involving real estate, land use and real property development, and real property finance.
He was formerly chairman of the real estate department at an established medium sized firm and a member of its executive committee. He also supervised litigation attorneys involved in construction claims litigation, construction defects litigation, and title litigation.
He also has extensive experience in the sale, purchase and disposition of businesses. He has represented both buyers and sellers in structuring asset and stock purchases, as well as mergers and corporate reorganizations. In recent years he has assisted clients in the acquisition of a multi-site telecommunications company (including all financing), the purchase of numerous restaurants and bars, the sale of a 30 million dollar per year construction company to a Fortune 500 company, the acquisition of the controlling interest in a capacitor manufacturing company, and numerous small business sales and purchases. He regularly forms corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and limited partnerships.
Mr. Turner has represented lenders, developers, insurance companies, private investors, and national and regional companies in the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of residential, industrial, and commercial properties. He has closed more than 100 large commercial loan transactions including industrial and commercial real estate, shopping centers and apartment projects, mobile home parks, and office buildings. He has represented buyers and sellers in numerous transactions involving industrial and commercial projects, office buildings, raw land, apartments, luxury homes, hotels, mobile home parks and condominiums. He has extensive experience in structuring transactions such as build to suit arrangements, exchanges, sale\leasebacks, shared equity and joint venture relationships, options, and phased acquisitions.
He has represented lending institutions, development companies, and title companies in numerous title related matters including easement and boundary disputes, enforcement of covenants, conditions and restrictions, document forgeries, bankruptcies, enforceability of encumbrances, lien priority issues, loan workouts, loan documentation, foreclosure matters, construction defects litigation and related matters.
He has represented clients in many types of business matters, including secured transactions, corporate and partnership dissolutions, collection matters, UCC disputes, contract and license claims, products liability defense, securities litigation and related business matters.
Mr. Turner also has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to both construction litigation and construction transactions. In that regard Mr. Turner has more than five years experience in the construction industry as a heavy equipment operator and surveyor. He has represented numerous contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and surety companies in a wide variety of construction matters. He has acted as outside general counsel to numerous subcontractors and has handled all phases of their business matters including mechanic's liens, construction claims, licensing issues, workers compensation issues, construction contract interpretation, surety litigation, defective construction, claims regarding timeliness of performance, and consequential damage claims.
Mr. Turner has been appointed as a discovery referee and a referee to administrate partition sales.
Mr. Turner has been an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association for more than 30 years, and has provided services as a mediator since 1995. He has served primarily as a construction and real estate arbitrator, but has also conducted numerous private arbitrations in the area of business, commercial matters, shareholder disputes, employment issues, and related matters.
Mr. Turner has received more than 150 hours of advanced training in mediation and arbitration skills over the last five years. During his career as an arbitrator, Mr. Turner has conducted 50 or more arbitrations involving claims as small as residential deposit receipt disputes and as complex as multi-party disputes on large construction projects including the Los Angeles Central Jail facility, a major resort/hotel in Tucson, Arizona, large apartment and condominium projects, public works projects, and similar projects.
During the last ten years, he has also served as a mediator in connection with a variety of business and real estate disputes, construction matters, bankruptcy matters and related issues. These matters have included complex partnership and corporate disputes, disputes involving real estate and its development, construction claims, construction collection disputes, bankruptcy matters involving complex business arrangements, lien priorities, property and bodily injury damage claims, employment issues, and other matters. Mr. Turner has also mediated personal injury, auto accident, and premises liability matters.
Mr. Turner provides alternative dispute resolution services through the American Arbitration Association, through the San Diego County Bar Association for attorney/client disputes, and serves as a private arbitrator, mediator and referee.
Mr. Turner is a mediator for the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. He is also on the San Diego Superior Court Mediation Panel and is a member of the San Diego County Bar Fee Arbitration and Client Relations Committee.
He is active in the real property practice section of the San Diego County Bar Association, and is a member of the real property sections of the California and Arizona State Bars. Mr. Turner is also a member of the Pima County Bar Association.
In addition, Mr. Turner was a member of the Principal’s Advisory Committee for Sacred Heart Academy, is a member of the board of Second Chances Bread of Life, is a former member of the board of the Peninsula Youth Softball Association, is a former member of the Peninsula Planning Group, and is a member of the board of the Gamma Rho Chapter of Kappa Sigma Educational Foundation and its House Corporation. He is currently on the Board of Managers for the Peninsula YMCA and an active member of the Point Loma High School volleyball booster group.
Mr. Turner has testified or qualified as an expert witness in cases involving the standard of care of attorneys in business and real estate matters, as well as litigation, real estate matters, as well as litigation, real property and title issues.
Mr. Turner has taught courses on foreclosure, escrow law, avoiding malpractice and mechanic’s liens.
