“Education is what you get by reading the fine print, experience is what you get when you don’t. A good lawyer has one or the other. A great lawyer has both.”
Bob Turner was born in a small farming town in eastern Ohio. He learned the value of hard work at a young age, being taught to add and subtract riding the milk truck with his father. He obtained an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1970 and a J.D. from the University of Denver in 1973. Mr. Turner has been an advocate for the cause of injured workers’ rights and has been one of the name partners in several practices before joining Franklin D. Azar & Associates.
Bob’s first job was with Lansford F. Butler (Lance), who was the father of Claimant’s workers’ compensation practice. Lance mentored Bob and played a great role in helping him become the attorney he is today. Among his noted accomplishments, Mr. Turner played a role in the development of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) Workers Compensation Section and the Workers Compensation Education Association in the mid-80s.
Bob Turner has been admitted to practice in Colorado and the U.S. District Court for Colorado and the Court of Appeals since 1973. He is also a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA).
In 2002, he was honored as the recipient of the Lansford F. Butler Award given by the CBA for outstanding and continuing service to the workers compensation bar.
Bob has served on various committees for the Director’s Office of the Colorado Bar Association. He also testified as an expert before the state legislature of Colorado and in the U.S. District Court on workers’ compensation matters. Mr. Turner has tried over 2000 cases in his 45 years of practicing workers’ compensation.
When he has free time, Bob enjoys spending time with his wife and five kids. He also spends time trying to improve his golf game. Bob is passionate about the rights of injured workers and believes the practice of law is best accomplished with dignity and professionalism.
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Mark S
Bob Turner
Supportive, Caring, ResultsThank you for starters. I would have never got anywhere against the big work comp machine without Bob Turner period. Managing my health was enough, no way to learn all the pitfalls that work comp puts in the way of a person’s recovery. Have faith that when the Frank D Azar team is representing you, there is no substitute. Even when I was getting stressed out, Bob took the care, time, work to put those insurance crooks to the mat and made them tap out. Sure you can find an attorney anywhere, but the team is really a TEAM at FDA. Thank you Bob Turner, don’t know where I was going, but together you showed me the light… thank you.
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Stephanie C
Bob Turner
Diligent, Caring, DedicatedI have been working with Bob Turner since the beginning of my workers compensation journey back in 2020. With that being said, I couldn’t imagine having had another attorney throughout this grueling, time-consuming, and emotionally-taxing process. He is ruthless in the courtroom and I was always impressed with the way he annihilated the other party in regard to interrogatories and his memory recall is absolute perfection. Throughout my time with him he worked tirelessly to ensure that I received the proper medical care that I was entitled to and in the end, he was able to get me a settlement amount that I was more than happy with. On top of that, Bob is just an all-around great human-being with a heart of gold as he genuinely cares about the well-being of his clients. Overall, Bob is hand-down the best attorney I have ever had the pleasure of working with and can’t recommend him enough. He is the true “Legal Beagle”.
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Rocky H
Bob Turner
Reassuring, Knowledgeable, ResultsBob Turner was assigned to my case. He made me feel very assured of his projected outcome. He knew what was the right way to go, he never second guessed or made me feel insecure about the outcome. He executed the case with knowledge and empathy. He won my case without second guessing himself. I would recommend Frank Azar and associates, especially Bob Turner 10/10
