Litigation Real Estate Law Our long-standing experience in insurance coverage and attendant litigation has given us a deep appreciation for the wide range of issues arising in the insurance coverage arena. We have an extensive practice advising insurers, brokers, agents, and policyholders on policy language and application, coverage disputes, and claims handling and adjustment practices involving coverage under commercial general liability policies, homeowner policies, professional liability, errors and omissions policies (E&O), directors and officers (D&O), title (owners and loan), bad faith, and other specialized coverages.
The Turner Law Firm was started to provide clients greater flexibility in setting their litigation goals. Our attorneys have extensive experience in handling litigation matters, through trial and appeal. Our Firm's clients include both individuals and companies in all aspects of civil litigation involving business, property rights, insurance, entertainment, and real estate disputes. Our practice also includes representation in attorney's fees and legal malpractice disputes.
We handle substantial matters for plaintiffs and defendants in a wide spectrum of areas such as claims of breach of contract, involving both commercial and real estate transactions, fraud and unfair competition, including defamation, and unfair business practices, breach of fiduciary duty, partnership disputes, interference with business contracts and prospective advantage, intellectual property disputes, and employment matters.
We also are mindful of litigation costs, and work closely with our clients to tailor a strategy consistent with their goals and ensure a proper balance of aggressive representation and informed decision-making.
Most successful businesses will face litigation at some point, and the Turner Law Firm's goal is to use litigation effectively to achieve our client's business objectives. We provide flexibility because our legal fees rates are lower than larger law firms. We can do that because most law firms have incredibly bloated overhead, including excessive associate salaries, expensive rents, inefficient staffing, and also because they fail to effectively use tested technology. For instance, since we started it, the Turner Law Firm has been a virtually paperless office, using the leading "cloud" computing and "Software-as-a-Service" programs. Technology has become an integral part of virtually every law practice, and as such, knowledge of technology's benefits and risks should be regarded as a baseline requirement to practice law competently. We do this by strictly following the latest data security standards and with a full commitment to our ethical duties to safeguard confidential client information.
Clients appreciate that the Turner Law Firm shares their business philosophies and uses those guideposts to obtain client-driven litigation results.
For cases involving either large or relatively small disputes, please contact us to discuss why we can be both an excellent and cost-effective litigation counsel.
The attorneys at Turner Law Firm have extensive experience in prosecuting and defending all types of real property disputes, including, construction disputes, boundary and ownership disputes, community association, land use, landlord-tenant purchase-sale disputes, easements, homeowners associations matters, CC&Rs disputes, neighbor vs. neighbor, tree removal, and view rights.
Our firm also represents landlords and tenants in a variety of leasing matters involving commercial and residential leases. We are capable and prepared to assist both real estate developers and individual homeowners in all matters involving real estate.
The firm also handles all forms of title insurance litigation arising in both the residential and commercial context. Cost-effective representation is again the hallmark of our practice and we are very sensitive to matching defense dollars spent to exposure.
Insurance Law
When disputes arise from such practices and procedures, our litigators are fully prepared to represent our clients in all varieties of cases and in any forum. As a result, we have had the opportunity to render numerous coverage opinions and litigated coverage matters in areas including construction defect, environmental claims, molestation allegations, automobile issues, homeowner's and intellectual property/advertising injury.
Entertainment Law
Southern California is the most active entertainment and creative arts center in the country. We are geographically located at the epicenter of the entertainment world so we can provide clients with experienced and responsive counsel necessary for success in the entertainment industry. Our lawyers and associated counsel have represented production companies, actors, musicians, and other creative talents in business and litigation matters, including negotiation and preparation of contractual agreements, purchase and sale of assets, among other matters. We diligently litigate a wide range of matters including rights of publicity and rights of privacy, trademark, copyright, idea submission, financing, distribution, profit participation, contract and royalty disputes, creative control disputes, and the interpretation of recording, distribution, and talent contracts.
Attorney's Fees and Legal Malpractice Claims
Attorney's fees must be reasonable and necessary. However, the incredible pressure of the law business often is the cause of attorney's fees billing abuses. One of Keith Turner's first assignments as a brand new attorney in 1991 was to audit on behalf of an insurance company the legal fees charged by one of the largest law firms in Los Angeles. Since then, Mr. Turner has represented numerous insurers, other businesses, and individuals in attorney's fees disputes and legal malpractice claims. Mr. Turner has been an attorney's fee arbitrator since 1998 and is on the Bar Association’s Executive Committee for attorney's fee disputes.
The Turner Law Firm employs its aggressive, but cost-effective litigation style in all type of legal fee and legal malpractice claims disputes.
Business Transactions
Our attorneys negotiate and draft a broad variety of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods and services in a number of business settings. These legal services range from simple review of proposed contractual terms or provisions to complex drafting of a series of agreements and systems for a newly created franchise operation.
As litigators, we see the results of poor transactional planning and draftsmanship every day in the courtroom. In our transactional practice, we are very conscious of anticipating and eliminating litigation risks to the maximum extent possible.
Our lawyers assist clients with creating and maintaining limited liability companies, corporations, general and limited partnerships and non-profit organizations. We also act as general business counsel to clients, providing contract review, negotiation and drafting, evaluation of legal risks with proposed courses of action and strategic decision-making advice.
We have trusted alliances with professionals specializing in labor law, tax and estate planning, effectively creating a team customized for the client.
International Practice
The satisfaction of our client's needs entails to understand today's global world; for this reason, we have made strategic alliances with several local and international law firms, thus creating a wide network of correspondent law firms specially in places such as South America and Mexico that help us provide better legal services to our clients.
The main purpose of our international practice is to assist foreign entrepreneurs and businesses intending to operate and invest primarily in the United States and Latin America.
The Firm provides its clients with specific assistance in contractual, corporate and commercial aspect of their investments and activities in the United States and Latin America. The Firm assists clients in bridging different legal systems, cultures and practices to assure optimal results.
Our lawyers and allied firms have been frequently exposed to the civil, business and tax legislations of numerous foreign countries (especially in Latin America) and have regularly dealt with foreign counsels.
The Firm has substantial expertise in matters of Latin American business and corporate law. In addition, the Firm can assist its clients in connection with the initial structuring and/or operations and investments in Latin America.
The Firm can also advise on issues of applicable and conflicts of law, forum choice, and foreign judgment recognition and enforcement. Through our strategic local alliances we also offer our clients advice in all immigration matters.
Because of our strong domestic litigation practice, we are especially well positioned to provide foreign clients with advice and representation with any civil and commercial litigation or arbitration matters in the United States.