Patricia A. Turnage - Hayward, CA

Ms. Turnage attended Golden Gate Law School where she actively participated in Law Review and served as Managing Editor. She also was chosen for the Mock Trial team while at Golden Gate and actively participated in local and regional mock trial competitions. Upon graduation, she became an active litigator, primarily in the area of personal injury defense. She is an active member of the state of the California Bar and has been recognized as a respected member of the Bar for more than twenty years. She has been active in numerous local bar associations. She has served as President of Earl Warren Inn of Court, Eastern Alameda County Bar Association and served on the Executive Board for those organizations as well as for the Alameda County Bar Association.

She has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Alameda Courts since 1998. She is a prestigious faculty member of the University of Phoenix where she teaches business law, employment law and MBA risk management classes in the adult evening program. She also volunteers her time to act as an attorney judge for the Alameda County High School Mock Trial Competition and the Western Regional Law School Mock Trial program.

Ms. Turnage has tried multiples cases before judges and juries. Prior to opening her law office in early 1999, she worked for large, prestigious law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. After law school Ms. Turnage was selected to participate in a five year program in which she studied all aspects of insurance and insurance claims. Upon completion of that program in 1994, she earned a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation ("CPCU"). This designation has proved to be a valuable asset to her clients in settling personal injury claims, construction defect claims, and insurance bad faith claims. Ms. Turnage's excellent communication skills combined with her courtroom experience has resulted in excellent results for her clients. She enjoys the practice of law and derives satisfaction in working with her clients to resolve legal issues/disputes.

She is a problem solver and employs strong negotiation skills early in the case to explore whether an early settlement can be reached, thereby saving her clients additional fees and costs that come with extended litigation.