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Jim Turner is a managing partner of Furia and Turner LLC. His practice areas include personal injury, workers' compensation, and products liability. He has a double major in both economics and business management. He received his undergraduate degrees from Widener University in 1979, where he was the recipient of the Widener University College Prize-1979. The prize is awarded to the senior who provided the greatest service to the university academically, athletically, and socially.
As an undergraduate, Jim was elected President of the Inter-Fraternal Council, Vice President of the Student Government Association, and Chief Justice of the Student Judiciary Body. At the same time, he was selected to sit on the University's Board of Trustee and Board of Directors of the Alumni Associations. He was also an All-Conference Indoor track runner at Widener. Two indoor track relay teams that Jim was a part of at Widener still hold the indoor records at the university.
As an alumnus of Widener University, Jim authored the first-ever Widener University Alumni By-Laws governing the entire Alumni Association and has chaired many Alumni Association committees.
Jim attended New England School of Law in Boston, MA, and received his J.D. in 1983. After attending law school, he was immediately admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.
Jim has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1994 and is listed with Furia and Turner LLC as a "Preeminent Lawyer."
Jim is also a member of the "Million Dollar Advocates Forum". The forum comprises less than one percent of U.S. attorneys. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million dollar and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards, and settlements.
He also served as the lead cite copy editor for Wigmore on Evidence - considered in the legal community as the book on evidence - Tillers revision vol.1A 1981-1983.
Jim resides in Chester County, PA, with his family and is actively involved with civic associations and youth baseball leagues.
Court admissions
- All Pennsylvania Courts - 1983
- United States Supreme Court - 1988
- United States District Court, Easter District of Pennsylvania - 1983
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit - 1983
Appointments
- Judge Pro Tempore for the First Judicial District (Philadelphia County) Court of Common Pleas
- Arbitrator for the First Judicial District (Philadelphia County) Court of Common Pleas
- Arbitrator for the Fifteenth Judicial District (Chester County) Court of Common Pleas
- Regularly selected as Neutral Arbitrator in Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations
- Arbitrator for the Thirty-Second Judicial District (Delaware County) Court of Common Pleas
Awards and achievements
- Moot Court Board of Directors - 1982-1983
- Mugel National Moot Court Competition Participant
- Mugel National Moot Court Competition Director - 1983
- NESL Am-Jur Award in Evidence - 1983
- NESL Moot Court Board of Directors Chairman - 1983
- Widener University Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement
- Widener University College Prize
Professional and civic memberships
- Delaware County Bar Association-2017-present
- Chester County Bar Association-1993-present
- Philadelphia Bar Association-1983-present
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers-1983-present
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers-1983-present
- American Bar Association-1983-present
- New Jersey Bar Association-2019-present
American Bar Association
Member of the "Million Dollar Advocates Forum"
Brandywine Knoll Homeowners Association
- President - 1993-2000
- Board of Directors - 2000-present
Brehon Society
Central Chester County YMCA Board of Directors
- Executive Board - 1999-2001
- Membership Committee Chairman - 1997-2001
- YMCA Good Kids Campaign - 2000-2001
Chester County Bar Association
Justinian Society of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Bar Association
- Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers
West Side Little League
- Coach - 1999-2002
- Counsel - 2000-2003
Widener University Alumni Council - 1994-1996
Widener University Board of Managers - 1979-1981
Widener University Alumni Association
- By-Law Committee Chairman - 1994-1998
- Golf Committee Co-Chair - 1994-1998
- Homecoming Committee - 1994-1998
- Spring Gala Committee - 1994-1998
Little league coach - West Side little league - 2000-2002
Coach of the Senior Babe Ruth Exton Bandits baseball team - winners of the Pennsylvania State Championship 2006
Coach of the Senior Babe Ruth Exton Bandits baseball team - Pennsylvania State Champions runner-up 2007
Coach of the Exton Senior Legion Baseball team 2008-present
Exton American Legion Baseball Board of Directors - 2006-present
Exton American Legion Baseball Board of Directors, secretary - 2007-2012
Exton American Legion Baseball Board of Directors, President-2012 to 2016
Coach of the Exton Senior Legion Baseball team 2008-2016
Exton American Legion Baseball Board of Directors-2006-2016
Manager of the Bandits, a West Chester Adult Baseball team playing in the West Chester Adult Baseball League- a team comprised of college, and x-college players-2017-present
Manager of the West Chester Adult baseball champion Bandits-2020
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