Erin Kay Turner

Erin was very attentive and knowledgeable during my divorce process. She was supportive and kind as well which is important during a divorce. She took time to calmly explain things that were happening during the entire process when things were confusing and stressful. She was willing to listen and... was responsive to emails, messages and phone calls. She was a much needed voice of reason during a very difficult time for myself and my family. I would highly recommend her services. Her office and support staff are also friendly and professional.

After years of working with Erin on grand parenting rights ,she did get them for me. However after tens of thousands of dollars in attorney and court fees ,Erin would not file my stayed order of con-tempt on the other party that would"nt follow the court order.Erin sent me a letter of withdrawal of... counsel notice. My on going battle with other party still a nightmare, broke without counsel. :

If I had to pick just a couple words for Erin I'd choose intelligent, strategic, and honest. She was incredibly thoughtful about picking strategies that worked in my case--she knew when and how hard to push, when to wait and not "take the bait," and when to change approaches. I had an ex who was abus...ive and continued those tactics through the legal system, to the extent possible, and she kept me calm through what was a really dark time, I am lucky she was my guide and advocate through it. And we won! I'd recommend her to anyone in a child custody/child support case.

For a dissolution case, I found who I thought to be a bulldog of an attorney. She was generally average in responsiveness, and maybe a bit below in knowledge after I was able to compare her knowledge against several other attorneis I hired for limited scope representation after I was no longer worki...ng with Ms turner, but she seemed a like good litigator. I consider attornies to be employees of mine, who they technically reepresent, and as such should not make decisions or take steps without consulting me. I used her as a sounding board for ideas, and the paralegals for pulling together my documentation to try to closely manage my case and costs. However, I worked with my ex-wife to determine overall custody goals, thereby avoiding a SENE or trial over custody. The SENE was scheduled for 3 hours in the morning about a week after the ex and I agreed on overall custody, and due to agreeing to the time split, we both wrote in to cancel the SENE to our individual attornies. Well, without consulting me, Ms Turner set up a meeting with oposing counsel, that was then relayed to the ex wife, with a court status due a couple of days later. I had told Ms Turner that I wanted to work out the issue at hand with my ex wife, and have her review the documentation once it was completed, and was disappointed that she set up a meeting without consulting me. However, since there was a court status check coming up the end of that week, I felt compelled to atend the 'settlement conference' for no other reason than to not looking obstructionist to the court. The 'conference' was just as long as the SENE would have been, and on the same day the SENE was originally scheduled for, resulting in the same billable hours. I would not use her or her firm (Turner & Johnson) again. They are to work within the framework of what the petitioner/respondant requests. I get that some people know little about the divorce process, and therefore are pulled along with the case and attorney. However, I knew what I wanted, and was working both with and outside of my attorney to get the best result, and yet Ms Turner stepped into an area and set up meetings and took actions without talking to me first, against my requests.