Admitted in AL, GA, MS, & TX
Brett Turnbull believes in putting clients first, an approach that has distinguished him as a leading trial lawyer. He obtained top-dollar jury verdicts and settlements for accident victims killed or injured by the negligent actions of others.
Brett has more than a decade of courtroom experience in complex litigation, including serious car accidents, truck accident cases, product liability, pediatric injuries, brain injuries, and nursing home malpractice.
Brett is licensed in multiple states and has taken over 70 jury trials to verdict. In the last few years alone, Brett has received jury verdicts of $21.5 million, including $9 million in product liability cases and $5 million in medical malpractice cases.
Brett graduated from the University of Alabama to pursue legal studies at Cumberland School of Law. There he discovered his true passion: trial law.
Brett’s focus on leadership has persisted throughout his legal career. Today, he gives back to his profession by serving in leadership positions with the Alabama Association for Justice, Alabama State Bar, American Association for Justice, and Southern Trial Lawyers Association.
In addition to his successful law practice, Brett is a founding member and instructor of Trial Structure and co-founder of the National Brain Injury Lawyer organization. He has been featured on Courtroom View Network, named a Super Lawyer for almost a decade running, listed in the Top 40 Under 40, and is regarded as one of the top up-and-coming trial lawyers in the United States.
Bar Admissions and Jurisdictions:
- Member in Good Standing, Alabama State Bar
- Member in Good Standing, Georgia State Bar
- Member in Good Standing, Mississippi State Bar
- Member in Good Standing, Texas State Bar
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Claims
- U.S. District Court – Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court – Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court – Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court – Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court – Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court – Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court – Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court – District of New Mexico
Education:
- J.D. – Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
- B.S. – University of Alabama, Bachelor of Science, International Finance
- B.A. – University of Alabama, Bachelor of Arts, German
Honors:
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2023
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating, 2013-Present
- National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
- Super Lawyers, 2013-2022
- Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2011-2012
Professional Affiliations:
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association – Alabama Board of Governors (2012-2013)
- Alabama Association for Justice – Emerging Leaders Section Chair (2014), Trial Contributor, Executive Committee, Speaker at both
- Emerging Leaders Seminars and AAJ Statewide Seminars
- Alabama State Bar – Young Lawyers Section, Lawyer Referral Service, Young Lawyer Executive Committee (2006)
- Birmingham Bar Association – Young Lawyers Section, Jefferson County Lawyer Mentoring Program