Brett Turnbull
Birmingham, Alabama
Brett takes Trial Structure to new altitudes with his aggressive “Rambo Litigation” style. His fearless intelligence makes him a master at turning complex scenarios into simple-to-understand stories that cut to the heart of the defense’s case, and then rips their heart out. Brett makes the impossible seem easy and presents it in a way that jurors believe they knew it all along.
Brett Turnbull has embraced a philosophy that keeps clients first, an approach that has distinguished him as a leading trial lawyer. He is nationally recognized for obtaining top-dollar jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of accident victims killed or injured by the negligent and wrongful actions of others. When Brett goes before a jury, he is focused on achieving one goal: getting justice for his clients. He accomplishes this by providing evidence for their accident claims and guiding the jury toward awarding a fair and reasonable verdict.
Brett has more than a decade of successful courtroom experience in complex litigation, including trucking cases, product liability, automobile defects, pediatric burns, traumatic brain injury, and nursing home malpractice. Brett is licensed in four states and has taken 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.
Beyond the verdicts, Brett takes great pride in helping others. “The thing that I enjoy most about my job is that I get to take up the part of the underdog and stand up for those who have been wronged,” he says. “There is more to this job than just money, and that feels good.”
Respect for the justice system and a desire to help others led Brett, a graduate of the University of Alabama, to pursue legal studies at Cumberland School of Law. There he discovered his true passion: trial law. As a class leader, Brett won national recognition for his trial advocacy skills. That leadership track continued throughout Brett’s 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.
“Brett is hands down one of the best trial lawyers of his generation.”
Brian Crockett, Houston, Texas
