Randy Turner was born on the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas where his father served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He spent his childhood in Egypt, Ethiopia, and several states before graduating from high school in Germany. He attended New Mexico Military Institute and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Texas. He graduated with honors from St. Mary’s University School of Law and began practicing personal injury law in Fort Worth in 1980.

Mr. Turner is board-certified in both personal injury trial law and civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Fewer than one percent of Texas attorneys hold this double board certification. He is also certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and was elected into membership in the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been repeatedly voted by Texas attorneys as a Texas Monthly Magazine “Super Lawyer” and a Fort Worth Magazine “Top Attorney.” Mr. Turner is a past president of the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the College of the State Bar of Texas. He peers have given him Martindale Hubble’s highest rating, “AV Preeminent.” He is also licensed to practice law in Colorado.

Mr. Turner has been representing individuals and families in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases for over 31 years. He has extensive experience handling a wide variety of cases, from trucking, industrial, railroad, construction, and boating accidents to cases involving drowning, electrocution, sexual assault, paralysis, burns, and other serious injuries. He aggressively pursues his cases with all of the experience, litigation support, technology and resources needed to place his clients on an equal footing with the most powerful corporate and insurance adversaries.

Mr. Turner gives back to his community and has been actively involved in numerous charitable and civic organizations. He was a recipient of the Tarrant County Bar Associations’ first Outstanding Small Firm Award and West Texas Legal Services’ Small Firm Pro Bono Award for providing pro bono legal services to the poor. Some of the organizations he has served as a volunteer or board member include Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts of America, Lutheran Social Services, and Fly the Kids, Inc.

Mr. Turner has always been active in animal welfare causes. He is a former president of the Texas Humane Legislation Network and a former vice-president of the Humane Society of North Texas. He currently serves as chair of the Animal Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He represents humane organizations, rescue groups, animal rights activists, and companion animal owners whose animals have been killed or injured by others. He represented the dog owners in Medlen v. Strickland, where the Second Court of Appeals held for the first time that a dog owner whose dog is killed is entitled to sue for the sentimental value of the dog, rather than just the market value.

In 2012 Mr. Turner merged his law practice with Bailey & Galyen where he handles wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases all over Texas and the United States.

Education:

• University of North Texas - BA in biology 1976
• St. Mary’s University School of Law - Juris Doctor degree 1980

Experience:

• Bailey & Galyen - 2012
• Turner & McKenzie PC - 2008-2012
• Russell & Turner, LLP 1980 to 2008

Licenses:

• Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court of Texas
• Supreme Court of Colorado
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Certifications and Honors:

• “Top Attorney” in Fort Worth 2009 & 2010, Fort Worth Magazine
• “Texas Super Lawyer” 2009, 2010 & 2011 - Texas Monthly Magazine
• Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
• “AV Preeminent” (highest rating) by Martindale Hubble peer review
• Instrument rated multi-engine pilot

Professional Memberships:

• Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association - Past President
• Animal Law Section of the State Bar of Texas - Chairman
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Tarrant County Bar Association
• Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of the State Bar of Texas—District 7 Subcommittee

Animal Welfare Organizations:

• Texas Humane Legislation Network - past President
• Humane Society of North Texas - past Vice President
• Animal Legal Defense Fund - Volunteer Attorney
• Companion Animal Protection Society Legal Counsel
• Animal Guardians of America Legal Counsel
• Animal Angels Legal Counsel
• Bat World Sanctuary Legal Counsel
• Good Shepherd Rescue of North Texas Legal Counsel