William Joseph Turner

Retained in concert with my sister in law to represent my brother. Initial retainer quote was 5k, which swelled to 6.5k in one week. The only thing this “lawyer” did was enter an order of appearance. He alleged he filed a motion for a bond hearing, he didn’t. No such filing exists. My brother sat ...in jail til the state failed to deliver an indictment within 90 days. He knew under the law my brother would be afforded bond in 90 days and so he pretended to work the case after collecting money from both me and my sister in law for his retainer. Obviously my sister in law struggled with finances with her husband in jail. Mr. Turner was instructed to contact me if a monthly payment was missed, at which time I might step in the make the payment. Apparently payments were missed and I was never contacted. Mr. Turners excuse for not working the case was a “lack of payment” that could have been resolved with a phone call. Mr. Turner, one month after my brothers release on bond, tried to convince him to take a plea deal after charging a trial level retainer. How an attorney goes from ready for trial to advising a plea agreement is beyond me. Further, Mr Turner alleged he had information regarding the other party to the case; it turns out this was impossible because MR TURNER NEVER FILED FOR DISCOVERY. Way to drop the ball Turner. Mr. Turner fails to return calls and emails and does not keep abreast of events in his clients cases. An indictment was handed down in October. Mr. Turner didn’t inform my brother that he had indeed been indicted, did not afford him notice of required court appearances and thus, my brother was handed a bench warrant for failure to appear. His attorney dropped the ball. If Mr. Turner had informed myself or my brother of the indictment, surrender would have been arranged and my brother could have stayed out on bond pending trial. Instead, due to Mr. Turners multiple failings, my brother was rearrested MONTHS later - a complete surprise - in front of his children. Further, he is now being denied bond, having been labeled a flight risk for failure to appear on a hearing he had NO NOTICE OF. In brief, we paid a couple thousand dollars for an entry of appearance (approximately .5 billable hours) and one jail visit (approximately 1 billable hour if you’re feeling generous). This attorney ceased ALL communication within 60 days of receiving the initial payment and having not even worked enough billable hours to consume that payment. I have multiple emails and attempted phone calls with no response. Attorney does not send a monthly statement of billable hours. Didn’t even file a withdrawal; new attorney had to file substitution of counsel. Client dumping is an ethics violation and if my money is not refunded, formal complaints with the State Bar as well as the ethics board will be forthcoming.

I hire him before I got out the military for a dui charge that’s been open since August 2017 and still open. Since then I had moved to do work and school and have been constantly calling trying to get a hold of him for months. To be honest this happened more than once when I go months of trying to ge...t a hold of him and no response. We are now in November 2018 and I still can’t get a hold of him. His work ethics are subpar and I honestly do not and never will recommend him to anyone. Sure he might draw you in with this cheap prices but I rather pay a little more for a lawyer that’s actually going to do what he is paid to do and that will keep in touch with his clients and keep them informed. So I already know what’s gonna happen next he gonna call me like last time and ask me to take this post down which I was stupid enough to do the last time after he gave me his word it won’t happen again. I writing this to inform any and everyone that’s looking for a lawyer and I’m telling you to please look somewhere else and if my words don’t hold anyway just know that I’m a Marine Coprs veteran with ten plus years and spent the last three making them and I give y’all my word on it all this is not the lawyer you want.

This man is full of it. I have been calling him for 4 months. I have not yet got a return phone call. I wish I would've read his reviews before we hire him. For the part 2 weeks I have been calling him 2 weeks straight everyday and I have not yet receive a phone call back. I will be reporting him to ...the board tomorrow. At this point I hate this man.. Its so funny that he can response to these reviews, but cant return my calls

I wish I would known the back ground of this lawyer Joey Turner before hiring him . I've called everyday twice a day for 3 weeks with no response from him at all , but when it was time to hirer him an to pay him for services he was Johnny on the spot !!! Months have gone by with no results , no retur...n phones calls and being dodged by him . This isn't how real professionals conduct business at all ... I'm so very upset I just can't believe someone suppose to be professional could do you like this ...