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Bill has been elected to the Board of Governors of California Trial Lawyers Association / Consumer Attorneys of California for 11 years. He is currently the longest tenured Board member from San Diego on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of California.

Bill has been practicing Maritime Injury Law in San Diego since 1987. Bill's maritime practice started in the shipyards of San Diego. Bill represented San Diego shipyard employee Byron Gizoni at the trial court level in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

The U.S. District Court granted summary judgment against Mr. Turley's client - - Mr. Gizoni as to the issue of Seaman Status. The United States Supreme Court went on to agree with Mr. Turley's position in the trial court. The United State Supreme Court held a shipyard worker, who is entitled to Longshore Act workers compensation benefits, could also be a Jones Act Seaman if they spent enough of their work time aboard vessels. Southwest Marine v. Gizoni, 502 U.S. 81 (U.S. 1991). This case opened up potential Jones Act Seaman civil remedies to for thousands and thousands of shipyard workers across America.

Due to attrition (retirement and going to the Bench); Bill is now the Dean of the San Diego Maritime Injury Bar. Bill handles Jones Act Seaman cases, boat accidents, ship accidents, Longshore accidents, and passenger cases. Bill represents clients whom are injured in vessel accidents all over the world - - from the Colorado River to Mexico and Costa Rica to Mission Bay to ports up and down the west coast to all seven seas.

Early in his career, Bill was co-plaintiff's counsel with esteemed San Diego Trial Lawyer Dan Broderick on the infamous NASSCO crane accident case. Five shipyard workers died and six were severely injured when a crane malfunctioned and dropped a personnel basket to the deck of the U.S.S. Sacramento. Bill has been handling catastrophic and wrongful death product liability cases ever since. Now Bill handles all type of catastrophic and wrongful death product liability cases; from recreational boats to industrial equipment to consumer products.

From the beginning of his career Bill has been representing injured workers. Bill represents seriously injured workers in third -party work injury cases. Oftentimes, this involves manufacturers of industrial machinery in products liability cases. Bill is very experienced in all types of work -place serious injury and deaths cases.

Bill and his firm also handle wage and hour class action cases. It was a natural fit because Bill has been handling cases involving the California Labor Code since 1987. Bill is currently co-Plaintiff's counsel in the biggest wage and hour case before the California Supreme Court in 2010: Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. S.C. (Hohnbaum) 196 P.3d 216; 85 Cal. Rptr. 3d 688; 2008 Cal. LEXIS 12467.

The Brinker case is of monumental proportions to all California employees. Quite literally the right of workers to take meal periods and rest periods hangs in balance. This decision will affect every worker in the State of California - millions and millions of workers.

However, Bill is not just a trial lawyer and he is no stranger to the California Supreme Court. As a member of the Amicus Committee of first the California Trial Lawyers Association and then the Consumer Attorneys of California, Bill is listed as Amicus Counsel on 22 California Supreme Court Cases.

Bill has been published over 100 times. Many of the publications have been in Consumer Attorneys of California Forum Magazine and Consumer Attorneys of San Diego Trial Bar News. Bill also has lectured lawyers on trial advocacy, maritime injuries, products liability and third party work injuries.

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The Turley Law Firm
626 Broadway, Suite 625
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 234-2833
Fax: (619) 234-4048
Toll Free: 866-963-0540

The San Diego, California personal injury law firm of The Turley Law Firm serves clients across  Southern California area. We give you straight talk about your legal options. We have handled cases from San Diego to Imperial Beach to Oceanside to Escondido to El Cajon, everywhere in between, such as: Alpine, Camp Pendleton, Cardiff, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado,  Del Mar, Eastlake, Encinitas, La Mesa, La Costa, La Jolla, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, Mission Bay, NAS San Diego, National City, Naval Station San Diego, North Island, North County, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Port of San Diego, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, San Marcos, San Diego Harbor, Santee, Solana Beach, South Bay, Spring Valley, Vista.

We handle cases across California, including: Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Orange County, Imperial County, Los Angeles County, and Ventura County, Colorado River, Mexico, Cabo, Pacific Ocean and all the Oceans and waterways across California and the World.

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