Richard L. Turner Jr., Attorney at Law

Education and Licensure

Northern Illinois University (B.S. Education, 1977); DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1981)
Admitted to Practice in: Illinois (1981); U.S. District Court for the Northern Dist. of Illinois (1981).

Board Certification

Diplomate in Civil Trial Advocacy, certified by the National Board of Trial Advoacy (NBTA) 1990, recertified 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Past and Present Professional Memberships and Honors

Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar for the Second District, 1998-2006; Chair, 2001-2003.
Illinois Bar Association; Standing Committee on Supreme Court Rules (Past Secretary); Standing Committee on Legal Technology (Chair, 2002-03); Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council (Chair 2007-08)
Delegate for the 16th Judicial Circuit to the Illinois State Bar Association Assembly
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Kane County Bar Association; Practice Management Committee (Chair, 2010- ), Judicial Evaluation Committee (2010- ).
DeKalb County Bar Association (President, 2005-2006)
Named annually as member of the Leading Lawyer's Network in Illinois since 2006.
Named by Chicago Lawyer Magazine as one of the Top Lawyers in Illinois area of Injury Law in 2007.
Named in 2008 as a Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization limited to attorneys with million and mulit-million dollar verdicts, awards, and settlements.

Past and Present Civic Activities, Board Memberships

Sycamore Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Club (Chair, 2002)
DeKalb County Board of Health
Ben Gordon Mental Health Center Board
Barb City Manor Advisory Board
Sycamore United Fund Board (Past President)
Sycamore Municipal Hospital - Advisory Board
St. Mary - Sycamore Finance Council (Chair, 2006 - )
Sycamore High School Rugby Football Club, Co-Founder and Asst. Coach, 2004 to present

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