Lawyers Club Honors Vickie Turner of Wilson Turner Kosmo

Vickie Turner

Chula Vista Resident Vickie E. Turner, a partner with Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, a San Diego-based litigation law firm, has been awarded the Belva Lockwood Award by the Lawyers Club of San Diego.

The award recognizes Lawyers Club members for outstanding contributions to the organization. The award is named for Belva Anne Lockwood (1830-1917), who devoted her life to improving the social, economic and political status of women and advocating equality for all.

At the Lawyers Club annual dinner on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, San Diego Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sontag gave Turner a warm introduction, touching upon Turner’s dedication to family, career and public service.

Turner has devoted her life to improving the status of women and advocating opportunity and equality for all.  She has advanced to the pinnacle of her profession, raised a family with her husband and has donated substantial time to the community with an emphasis on helping children. Turner joined Lawyers Club as a young attorney.  She went on to serve on several committees and served as the organization’s president in 1996 to1997. Turner was instrumental in establishing Lawyers Club Fund for Justice, which provides local organization with charitable gifts, and she continues to serve on the organization’s Advisory Board.

Her legal practice encompasses complex litigation matters filed against corporations, with extensive emphasis in the areas of product liability, warranty and general business litigation. Turner has successfully defended manufacturers, distributors and retailers in complex product liability claims throughout California and in 12 other western states. She was defense counsel for Ford Motor Company in a product liability case that was named one of the Top 20 Defense Counsel Verdicts for 2003. Her numerous honors and awards include being selected as one of California’s Top Women Litigators in 2005 by the Daily Journal, one of San Diego’s Best Lawyers (2010),  a San Diego Super Lawyers® as one of the top five product liability defense attorneys in San Diego every year since 2007, Outstanding Trial Lawyer by the San Diego Trial Lawyer Association and the San Diego County Bar Association honored her with the Outstanding Service to the Legal Profession Award.

Lawyers Club also awarded Michelle M. Macosky with the Community Service Award. Macosky was honored for her record of great deeds and efforts in the community.  In addition to being active in  Lawyers Club, Macosky has served on the board of directors of the Center for Community Solutions and the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women.

About Wilson Turner Kosmo
Wilson Kosmo Turner serves as California trial counsel for local and national companies and public institutions. The firm’s 24 lawyers provide litigation expertise in the areas of product liability, employment law, warranty, healthcare, First Amendment, trade secret litigation and general business litigation.  Established in 1991, Wilson Turner Kosmo’s attorneys are frequently honored for their commitment to the legal profession and the San Diego community. Six Wilson Kosmo Turner partners were featured in the 2010 edition of San Diego Super Lawyers®. For more information, visit
http://www.wilsonturnerkosmo.com.

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