About Turner
Turner practices in the firm’s Litigation section, where he has significant experience in defending tractor/trailer accident cases, in defending railroads in suits brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, product liability matters, contractors and contractor claims, premises liability and several other types of business and commercial litigation. He also serves as co-chair of the firm’s Transportation & Maritime Litigation section. Turner is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Railroad and Transportation Law categories. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, Jefferson County Bar Association, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Defense Research Institute and International Association of Defense Counsel. Turner was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America at their 2007 Spring Conference and Induction of Fellows. In addition, he also serves as a municipal judge for the City of Mountain Brook.
Turner is a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, the University of Alabama President’s Cabinet and the Board of Visitors of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Turner received his B.S. in 1979 from the University of Alabama and his J.D. in 1983 from the University of Alabama School of Law. Following law school, Turner served as a Judicial Clerk to The Honorable Daniel H. Thomas, United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in the 1983-84 term.