CURTIS C. TURNER, JR.
•1375 Gateway Blvd., Boynton Beach, Florida 33426 • 954-260-5787 (cell) • Email:
BAR ADMISSION: Florida, 2008
EXPERIENCE
Law Office of Curtis Turner, PLLC Boynton Beach & Plantation, Florida Attorney, Sept. 2014 – present
Practice Areas: • Foreclosure Defense • Landlord and Tenant • Civil Litigation • Family Law • Business Law • Immigration
Clarfield, Okon, et al., P.L. West Palm Beach, Florida Litigation Attorney, February 2013 – August 2014
• Represented plaintiffs, generally, in contested and uncontested foreclosure actions
• Represented plaintiffs in contested and uncontested non-jury trials, hearings, mediations and conciliation conferences
• Drafted responses to requests for admissions, requests for production, interrogatories
• Reviewed and evaluated pleadings, motions, notices, orders and correspondence and projected cases in light thereof
• Drafted and argued motions and responses, including motions for relief, rehearing and motions for protective orders
Choice Legal Group, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Attorney, June 2012 – February 2013
• Represented plaintiffs in foreclosure actions
• Represented plaintiffs at bulk, uncontested non-jury trials; argued for and against various motions
Ablitt|Scofield, P.C. West Palm Beach, Florida Litigation Attorney, January 2011 – May 2012
• Represented plaintiffs in foreclosure actions
• Drafted and argued motions, responses and memoranda of law, including, motions to strike, motions for relief, for rehearing, motions to confirm sales, motions for protective orders and motions for summary judgment
• Drafted responses to requests for admissions, requests for production, interrogatories
• Represented plaintiffs at non-jury trials, hearings, mediations and conciliation conferences
Law Offices of David J. Stern, P.A. Plantation, Florida Attorney, June 2009 – October 2010
• Represented plaintiffs in foreclosure actions
• Responded to and argued for and against various motions, including motions to dismiss
• Reviewed cases in preparation for final summary judgment hearings
• Represented plaintiffs at final summary judgment hearings, mediations and case management conferences
Ben-Ezra & Katz, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Attorney, July 2008 – May 2009
State Attorney’s Office, 17th Judicial Circuit Fort Lauderdale, Florida Intake Clerk II, April 2004 – July 2006
Ministry of Justice (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Resident Magistrate’s Court;
Family/Juvenile Court), Jamaica, W.I. Prosecutor, July, 1996 – March, 2004
NOTABLE SKILLS: 2009, Dale Carnegie Course: Developing the People Side of Management,
Certificate of Achievement
EDUCATION
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2005-2007) Juris Doctor
Activities: Inter-American Center for Human Rights, Member/Student Employee (2007)
Norman Manley Law School, Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. (1994-1996) Certificate of Legal Education
Honor: Moot Committee, Chairman (1995-1996)
University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica/Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I. (1991-1994) Bachelor of Laws (Hons.)
Honor: Caribbean Inter-Collegiate Debates, Best Speaker (1993)