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Practice Areas

  • Complex Litigation &
    Class Action
  • Litigation
  • Securities Brokerage
    Litigation & Arbitration
  • Trade Secrets & Unfair Competition

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D.)

  • University of California at San Diego (B.A., Philosophy)

Admissions

  • California

  • United States Supreme Court

  • 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Professional Experience

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Bill Turner has decades of experience with complex litigation, including class actions, representative actions (such as PAGA actions), mass actions, and general business litigation. He also has significant experience practicing law in the finance and securities industry. 


He has successfully defended and prosecuted hundreds of cases, winning 95% of the trials and arbitrations in which he was lead counsel. Mr. Turner’s victories include obtaining more than $12 million in relief for more than 150 senior citizens after a three-week class-action trial and obtaining a judgement for the defendant (a $0) after trial of class action claims with exposure of $50 million.


Mr. Turner has also negotiated significant, favorable settlements for his clients, including the settlement of a class action that the judge in the Complex Department of the Los Angeles Superior Court described as “extraordinary” and better than just about any other settlement he had ever seen for that type of case. 


Mr. Turner has represented individuals, groups of people, nonprofit corporations, and small, medium, and large businesses, including Wells Fargo, TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and AIDS Healthcare Foundation.


Mr. Turner is an avid golfer now that he is broken down and unable to play his favorite sport—basketball. He goes to his favorite golf destination, Bandon Dunes, as often as he can. He also enjoys craft beer, particularly Belgian-style ales. 

Representative Complex Litigation Matters

  • Sanchez v. Pierre Landscape, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC613747 (wage and hour class action defense);

  • Coleman v. Platinum Group of Companies, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC521784 (wage and hour class action prosecution);

  • Dall v. Post Alarm Systems, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC598528 (wage and hour class action defense);

  • Veera v. Banana Republic, LLC, 6 Cal. App. 5th 907 (2016) (false advertising and unfair competition class action prosecution);

  • Etman v. The Gap, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 547161 (false advertising and unfair competition class action prosecution);

  • Holzer v. Wedbush Securities, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC550462 (wage and hour class action defense);

  • Semprini v. Wedbush Securities, Inc., O.C.S.C. Case No. 30-2015-00776114-CU-OE-CXC (wage and hour class action defense);

  • Marler v. E.M. Johansing, LLC, 199 Cal. App. 4th 1450 (2011) (fraud and unfair competition class action prosecution);

  • Fitzwilliam v. Wedbush Morgan, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC435311 (wage and hour and unfair competition class action defense);

  • Lee v. A.T.&T. Wireless, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 326118 (false advertising and unfair competition class action prosecution);

  • Boyd v. A.T.& T. Wireless, L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 374057 (false advertising and unfair competition class action prosecution);

  • Kwikset v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. 4th 310 (2011) (false advertising and unfair competition class action defense);

  • Colgan v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 135 Cal. App. 4th 663 (2006) (false advertising and unfair competition class action defense);

  • CAD/CAM Publishing, Inc. v. Archer, S.D.S.C. Case No. GIC 756904 (securities class action defense);

  • Anderson v. Tropicana Products, Inc., U.S.D.C. Case No. SA CV99-352 GLT (EEx) (mass action prosecution); and

  • Anderson v. Selectivend, Inc., L.A.S.C. Case No. BC 267262 (unfair competition class action prosecution).

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