Karen B. Turner - Dallas, TX

Karen B. Turner Overview

"Confidentiality is always a concern when you go through a divorce. We work constantly to insure the privacy of those we represent."

Karen Turner has mastered the detail and technical expertise necessary in complex property cases and child custody litigation. She has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyer list for years and is also widely experienced in the creation and execution of marital agreements.

Few people understand what divorcing people are going through better than Karen Turner. Besides having experience as a family law attorney, Ms. Turner was a child of divorce and a step-parent, is divorced herself and is now a single parent. She came to KoonsFuller from a large, full-service Dallas law firm and is a Partner practicing out of the Dallas office.

Ms. Turner is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists and the Family Law Sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association. She is also a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation and has been elected to the Annette Stewart Inn of Court.

Born March 16, 1962 in Longview, Texas, she graduated from Texas Tech University (bachelor of arts, Cum Laude, in advertising, 1984) and the University of Texas School of Law (Doctor of Jurisprudence, Cum Laude, 1988).

She has been selected a Texas Super Lawyer by her fellow attorneys for several years. This list honors the top 5% of all Texas attorneys. Ms. Turner is listed among the state's most outstanding lawyers and has been featured in Texas Monthly.

Ms. Turner has written and spoken to attorney organizations on such topics as Enforcement of Court Orders in Family Law Cases, Legislative Changes to the Family Code and The Use and Preparation of Trial Notebooks.

She lives in the Park Cities with her two children and is involved in numerous community activities.

Representative clients

• Represented politicians or their wives in complex divorces involving property division, child issues and premarital agreements.
• Represented professional athletes, coaches or their wives in divorces and marital property agreements, while maintaining confidentiality.
• Represented famous national musicians in premarital agreements, while maintaining complete confidentiality from the press.
• Represented the CEO of a small corporation with a complex property situation and difficult child custody arrangements.
• Represented the owner of a small business who was able to keep the business open and in his hands by creative distribution of other assets.
• Involved in several complex cases involving property and child issues where one of the parties was from another country and worked with co-counsel from the foreign country.
• Worked with numerous parents whose spouses have substance abuse issues.
• Represented executives of a large corporation in divorce proceedings with complex stock options and compensation structures.

Practice Areas

• Family Law

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner