Turner Broughton is chair of the Litigation Section at Williams Mullen. He focuses his practice on consumer class actions, environmental litigation and complex and general business litigation. Turner also has extensive experience in mass tort actions, including asbestos and MTBE. In the course of his practice, Turner has handled all aspects of civil litigation in state and federal courts from California to Florida. He has tried, arbitrated and mediated disputes successfully on a wide variety of matters.
Turner is licensed to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia and the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Wisconsin. Turner is the former chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division.
Turner is a co-presenter of Recent Developments in Virginia Law, an annual Virginia CLE program. He has also written and lectured on class action issues for both the DRI and VBA.
Turner has been recognized by Chambers USA for Litigation: General Commercial (2015-present), and he has been named among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business (2008-present). He has also been named a "Local Litigation Star" for Virginia by Benchmark Litigation (2013-present). He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© (2013-present) and was named the Best Lawyers® Richmond "Lawyer of the Year" for Litigation-Banking and Finance in the 2019 and 2022 editions. He is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers magazine (2013-present).
Turner serves on the board of trustees of the Valentine Museum. He previously served on the board of directors for Richmond Sports Backers and NOVA Aquatics of Virginia.
Turner received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary. He received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Richmond School of Law.
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