JOSEPH E. TURNER

Over 25 years of experience as a trial judge and a certified mediator for 5 years:

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• District Court Judge for 22 years

• Chief District Court Judge for 7 years

• Resident Superior Court Judge for 2 years

• Emergency Superior Court Judge

• Private and public practice of law for 12 years prior to election to the bench

MEDIATED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE IN SUPERIOR COURT

NC DRC Certified Mediator

Almost all cases filed in the Superior Court require mediation before trial. I have tried or mediated cases as varied as condemnation and personal injuries, boundary disputes and damage to property, contract breach and medical malpractice. Let me help you resolve your case without the time, expense and uncertainty of trial.

FAMILY FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE IN DISTRICT COURT

NC DRC Certified Mediator

Any case filed in District Court which includes a claim for Equitable Distribution (division of marital property) is required to be mediated before trial. Other disputes involving money may also be mediated. I have tried and mediated innumerable cases involving these issues. I can help you resolve these difficult issues while you still control the outcome - before a trial with all its accompanying anxiety and expense.

MEDIATED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE IN WORKERS COMPENSATION

NCIC Approved Mediator

Compensation claims for injuries suffered while on the job must be mediated before  hearing by members of the Industrial Commission. I have participated in many hours of training so that I could be approved for mediation appointment by the Commission. I have mediated numerous claims now and bring the same fairness and impartiality to the process as I did as a Judge and as I do in all other mediations.

NC DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMISSION

https://www.nccourts.gov/commissions/dispute-resolution-commission#more-information-1010

CREDIT, CASH, CHECK ACCEPTED

Payment expected at close of mediation session

CURRICULUM VITAE

NC EMERGENCY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE

NC DRC MEDIATOR

ASSOCIATIONS

NC Association of Professional Family Mediators - President-Elect

NC Bar Association - Former Vice-President, Co-Chair of the Bench Bar Committee, Chair of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee

NC Dispute Resolution Commission - Past Member

NC Association of District Court Judges - Past President

NC Conference of Superior Court Judges - Member

Guilford Inn of Court - Master of the Bench

Greensboro Bar Association - Member

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EDUCATION

Grimsley Senior High School - 1968

Davidson College - B.A. 1972

UNC School of Law - J.D. 1976

HONORS

Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor

Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK)

Who's Who In American Judiciary

NC Order of the Long Leaf Pine