Overview
Jade Turner is an associate in the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
Jade’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, and includes trust, probate, guardianship & fiduciary litigation, as well as insurance defense.
Representative Matters
Commercial Litigation
- Defended clients in breach of oral agreement proceeding; obtained dismissal of clients from lawsuit.
- Represented Medicare Secondary Payer compliance company in interpleader action.
- Represented corporation in breach of commission splitting agreement proceeding.
Probate and trust litigation
- Represented trust and estate beneficiaries in various undue influence proceedings.
- Defended trustee in removal action.
- Represented trustee in action against guardian of beneficiary involving improper use of trust funds.
- Represented creditor of an estate where personal representative of estate previously denied claims; obtained personal property sought, as well as payment of all claims.
FINRA Arbitration
- Represented beneficiaries of pay on death accounts in a FINRA arbitration against broker.
Insurance defense
- Defended third party administrator in a breach of contract dispute; obtained summary judgment.
- Defended wholesale insurance brokers against insureds in breach of fiduciary duty actions involving failure to procure adequate coverage.
- Successfully set aside default and default judgment entered against insurance company for improper service of process.
Honors and Distinctions
- The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”, Insurance Law, 2023
- UMKC’s “Show Me Challenge” National Voir Dire tournament, Runner Up, 2019
- Florida Bar Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot, Winner, 2018
- Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Board, Finalist, 2018
Professional Involvement
- Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association
