Robert Joseph Turner

Robert Joseph Turner

1.6
Rating: 5.8

Licensed for 35 years

DUI and DWI Lawyer at Nashville, TN
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury ... +7 more

208 Third Ave N Ste 100, Nashville, TN

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2012
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Licenses

Licensed in Tennessee for 35 years

State: Tennessee

Acquired: 1991

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Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2012

Location

Turner Law Offices PC

208 Third Ave N Ste 100, Nashville, TN, 37201

Nashville Law Offices PLLC

500 Church St Ste 210, Nashville, TN, 37219-3309

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Robert Joseph Turner's Reviews

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1.6 /5.0

42 Client Reviews

Showing 6 - 10 of 11 reviews | Divorce & Separation

Posted by Michelle | March 23, 2014 | Divorce & Separation

Poor Service

They are not competent make promises with no results charge fees without giving service. The attorneys are inexperienced do not listen and seem to not care that they are making a mockery out of this case. I hired them for modification of child support and divorce. The attorney seems to have forgot...ten what I hired them for there are no results. Suggestion waste of time effort and money. I am suffering from this since my-ex wants a dirty fight and Turner Law is not helping while the kids are suffering and I wait after making timely payment totaling 2500.00.

Posted by Damien | June 21, 2013 | Divorce & Separation

Looking For A Lawyer

Rob Turner's office is made up him and 4 junior lawyers. I hired his office for a Divorce back in April of 2012. It took the office til June 2012 to serve my wife. Now in all fairness she did not want to get divorced and she was the one cheating, so she would not expect the papers. They never kept me... informed on what was going on with the papers being sent outI didn't know. Every timed I called to see what was going on, I would be placed on hold, for a long time, then after waiting they said they would call me back tommorrow and they would not. Even when I made appointments they wouldn't have time for me. So when I finally got a Mediation date in March 2013, they sent me with a guy named Brad Frakes. Of course we could not settle in mediation. When I had to fill out my Income & Expense Statement this guy Brad told me to put my post 9/11 G.I. Bill money , even though it is for education, and the gross amount that I get from a rental unit, it should have been the net after I pay the mortagage and property manager. So when I went to a hearing on May17, 2013 hearing about lite support payment this guy Brad didn't say anything for my defense, he let her Lawyer paint me as an ***hole and I had to pay a "Good Faith Payment" of $500.00,until we could show that she was working, which was gonna be in 2 weeks. I had a P.I. 's report on her that she was working and was living with another man. He sent out subponea's for the boyfriend and my P.I. for the next hearing when I asked him not to. Long story short the judge did not call any of my witnesses and my wife quit her job when the boyfriend got the subponea and moved back home with her mom, and I got stuck with a lite support payment and her attorney's fee's, that I can't afford on top of my attorney's fee's. And no date for a trial. Then Brad leaves the office and they give me a lawyer that has four years experience none of it with Divorces. At that point I hired a new lawyer, because I got tired of my lawyer working against me. In my opinion if you are a man and you are going through a divorce and don't get Rob Turner himself DON'T go to his office for a Divorce. Shop around pay the money for a GOOD Lawyer, in the end you'll be better off. Don't get Brad Frakes he SUCKS and he will not listen to you! My point is this office is a business and they didn't seam to care about me, and my situation.

Posted by anonymous | September 07, 2012 | Divorce & Separation

Bad business

He was retained to domesticate and request a new parenting plan for me. I was divorced in 2001 in GA. He took my case in 2006. This July 2012 I get a bill from him for this 6 year old case. I was very upset and it took me 3 weeks to talk with him, his receptionist refused to let me speak with him. ...I decided to do some snooping and found my domestication order the case I paid $1800.00 had never been filed with the courts. He finally let me in to see him once I. let it be known I had this information and to my amazement my parenting plan as well had never been signed by the judge . What a mess. After all was said and done he filed my orders with the courts 6years later and he had the nerve to say" I won't even charge you for the work. STAY AWAY he has no clue.

Posted by anonymous | July 19, 2012 | Divorce & Separation

Be aware!!!

I recently used this attorney for my divorce until I fired him. He will say everythng you want to hear to get you to sign on the dotted line and then it will change. Especially his fees! His work is sloppy and he doesn't prepare for your case until the day of but bills you for more. The bills are inc...onsistent, he doesn't forward paper work to the opposing attorney on time. You may have to make a couple of different trips to his office for the same thing. He doesn't review your file before or while he is meeting you unless you bring up something specific and he has to go back and find it. The document he has access to right away is a billing statment. A decision was made on my case without my approval. They didn't have knowledge of my Deposiion date in within a week of the date and then changed it to a mediation the day of. After that I attemtpted communication with the office through numerous emails and call with no response for over a week or two and then the decided to repond, and give me incorrect information about court dates and never forward my mediation paper work until almost 2 months later. This attorney has a history of poor customer service in the office and with clients cases. His license have been suspended 3 years prior for similar circumstances. I hope you read all the reviews before you make a decision to move forward.

Posted by anonymous | January 08, 2012 | Divorce & Separation

poor lawyer

Mr. turner handled my divorce in 2004 it sounded great until the retainer was paid then everything changed, he wont take a call unless you call the emergency number so he can bill a ridiculas ammount of money, he conducts his interviews with witnesses outside the courtroom 5 minutes before the hearin...g, it takes a month (usually) to get in to see him and then sometimes hes not there, during the trial he asked me what do I ask now like Im suppose to know, during the 10 months I had to deal with him he went through 6 parallegals, 1 which spent my money telling me her family problems, and dont expect to get a court order from him anytime soon, even the clerks office said they have called for weeks and he doesnt respond anyway he forced me into bankruptcy and I filed a complaint against him dont retain him

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Experience

Rating:  5.8 (Average)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2012.

Censured issued in TN, 2012

updated on 09/21/2013

When an attorney is censured it means he or she did something wrong but may still practice law. Typically in this case the lawyer's poor behavior is exposed to the public in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.

Suspension issued in TN, 2009

updated on 02/20/2017

Suspended means an attorney lost his or her license to practice law for a period of time. The attorney typically returns to practicing law when the suspension expires.

Work Experience

1900 - Present

Managing Partner, Nashville Law Offices PLLC

Associations

Tennessee Bar Association

Member

American Bar Association

Member

American Association for Justice

Member

Education

1991

University of Memphis - Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1986

Vanderbilt University

BS

Languages

Spanish

French

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