Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Karen Turner came to Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson from a large, full-service Dallas law firm. In her legal career, she has come to appreciate the detail and technical expertise necessary in complex property cases and child custody litigation.

She has been selected a Texas Super Lawyer by her fellow attorneys for several years and was listed among the state’s most outstanding lawyers in Texas Monthly.

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 (B.A. cum laude, Advertising, 1984) and the University of Texas School of Law (J.D. with honors, 1988).

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 where she is involved in numerous community activities.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law

West Practice Categories

Family Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1989

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who
• Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation

Classes and Seminars

• Preparing an Using a Trial Notebook, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 1995
• Enforcement of Court Orders in Family Law Cases, Case Update, University of Houston Law Foundation Family Law Practice Seminar, 1994
• 1993 Legislative Changes to the Family Code, Texas A & M University, County and District Clerk's Seminar, 1994
• Enforcement of Court Orders in Family Law Cases, 1993, University of Houst Law Foundation General Practice Institute, 1993
• Family Law Enforcement 1993 Update, Unidersity of Houston Law Foundation Family Law Practice Seminar, 1993
• Speaker: Strategy in Relocation Cases, Dallas County Family Law Bench Bar Conference, 1997

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1988
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  
  Law Review: Review of Litigation
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1984
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Avoiding Discharge of State Protection Judgments in Bankruptcy The Review of Litigation, Winter, 1988
• "Family Law Enforcement" (Co-Author), Universityof Houston Law Foundation Family Law Practice, 1992
• "Case Update on Enforcement of Family Law Orders, University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar, 1997

Address

2311 Cedar Springs
Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75201

Phones

214-871-2727

Faxes

214-871-0196

Emails

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Websites

http://www.koonsfuller.com