Thomas W. Turner, Jr.

As Managing Partner, Thomas W. Turner, Jr. serves as the firm’s chief executive and chairs the Management Committee. Formerly the leader of the firm’s Real Estate Team, he actively maintains his broad-based commercial real estate transactional practice, which includes office, industrial, technology, resort, healthcare, residential, retail, and mixed-use projects. He has handled the acquisition, disposition and exchange of extensive income property of all types, and assisted in the planning and development of a wide range of commercial projects. He has also facilitated the transfer of thousands of acres of raw land and addressed extensive related development and environmental issues. Mr. Turner has been involved in forming and advising numerous real estate partnerships and LLC’s, negotiating and restructuring various forms of real estate secured financing, and resolving a wide range of real property oriented disputes and loan workouts. He has had a particular emphasis on commercial leasing matters, from the perspective of both landlords and tenants, including many of the largest transactions in the region. He has a strong background in healthcare facilities, including medical office buildings, and high tech, biotech and biomedical, having represented dozens of such companies in their facilities transactions. Mr. Turner was previously a partner in the real estate department of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison.

Representative Matters

• Tenant lease representation for scores of major technology clients.
• Representation of developer in the acquisition and redevelopment of mixed-use hospital project.
• Handling of purchase/sale and financing of major golf/tennis resort.
• Major leasing work for the owner of San Diego's largest Class A office building.
• Hundreds of leases for national office/industrial owners.

Education

• JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
• Institute of International and Comparative Law, Oxford University, Magdalen College
• BA, University of California, Los Angeles, with honors

Distinction

• Los Angeles Daily Journal Law Firm Leader of the Year - 2012
• The Daily Transcript’s Top Influentials - Nominee
• American Diabetes Association Father of the Year - 2010
• Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating
• San Diego Super Lawyers® - inception to 2012 (Real Estate)
• Southern California's Top Rated Lawyers - 2012, 2013
• Wiley Manuel Award for Excellence (Pro Bono)

Community Involvement

• Malin Burnham’s Chairman’s Competitiveness Counsel
• Home Start – Past President
• La Jolla Music Society – Board
• Lawyers Club
• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties – Board of Directors, Executive Committee, President Elect
• National Conflict Resolution Center – Board Chair
• San Diego County Taxpayers Association – Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Past President
• San Diego League – Past President
• University Club – Board of Governors
• Urban Land Institute
• Youth Baseball and Basketball – Volunteer Coach

Recent News Coverage

• “My Role as Managing Partner,” San Diego Lawyer, March/April 2013.
• "Top Lawyers 2013,” San Diego Magazine, March 2013.
• Ameera Butt. “Procopio boosts practices, adds new one,” Daily Journal, November 7, 2012.
• “18 Procopio Attorneys Named in 2012 Super Lawyers® Business Edition,” Procopio Press Release, September 4, 2012.
• “San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Honors Procopio as 2012 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year,” Procopio Press Release, August 13, 2012.
• “Procopio Moves into New Space in Del Mar Heights,” Procopio Press Release, July 10, 2012.
• McIntyre, Andrew. "Procopio aims to support San Diego startups," Daily Journal, July 5, 2012.
• “New Incubator Program is Launched By Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch,” SD Metro, July 2, 2012.
• “Procopio Announces Incubator Program for Start-up Companies,” Procopio Press Release, June 29, 2012.
• Sherwin, Doug. “Robert Half survey shows legal market looking up,” The Daily Transcript, June 18, 2012.
• “29 Procopio Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers®,” Legal Netlink Alliance, June 1, 2012.
• "29 Procopio Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers®," Procopio Press Release, June 1, 2012.
• “San Diego Super Lawyers,” Super Lawyers, San Diego 2012.
• "Procopio Managing Partner Recognized as 2012 Law Firm Leader of the Year," Attorney Journal, May 2, 2012.
• “Procopio's Turner Named 2012 Law Firm Leader of the Year and Firm Ranked #1 Top Law Firm in San Diego by Los Angeles Daily Journal,” Procopio Press Release, March 29, 2012.
• Sullivan, Casey. "Top Law Firm Leader," Daily Journal, March 14, 2012.
• “Procopio Further Expands with Addition of Silicon Valley Office,” Procopio Press Release, February 21, 2012.
• Frisch, Randy. "Procopio Extends Managing Partner's Term," San Diego Business Journal, January 30, 2012.
• Sherwin, Doug. "Procopio Extends Managing Partner's Term," The Daily Transcript, January 26, 2012.
• “Procopio Extends Ramseyer's Management Tenure,” Procopio Press Release, January 24, 2012.
• “Procopio Extends Turner’s Managing Partner Term,” Procopio Press Release, January 24, 2012.
• Sherwin, Doug. “Job Market Improving, but not Robust, for Young Associates,” The Daily Transcript, December 21, 2011.
• “Procopio’s Office Awarded Prestigious LEED® Gold Certification,” Procopio Press Release, June, 22, 2011.
• “27 Procopio Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers®,” Procopio Press Release, June 6, 2011.
• Hirsh, Lou. “Companies Must Consider the Highs and Lows of Naming Rights,” San Diego Business Journal, November 22, 2010.
• “ROEL, Irving Hughes finished,” The Daily Transcript, August 30, 2010.
• Broderick, Pat. “Alec Cory,” Daily Journal, August 3, 2010.
• Sherwin, Doug. “Procopio founding partner Alec Cory dies,” The Daily Transcript, August 2, 2010.
• “Procopio Mourns the Loss of Firm Co-Founder and Name Partner Alec Cory,” Procopio Press Release, July 30, 2010.
• “Procopio’s Living Wall,” SD Metro, July 6, 2010.
• “27 Procopio Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers®,” Procopio Press Release, June 15, 2010.
• Lee, Mike. “Wall Gardens Growing in Popularity,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 25, 2010.
• “Procopio extends Turner’s term as managing partner through 2012,” The Daily Transcript, February 5, 2010.
• “Procopio Partners Extend Managing Partner’s Term,” SD Metro, February 4, 2010.
• “Procopio Extends Turner’s Managing Partner Team,” Procopio Press Release, February 3, 2010.
• “Sapin elected to Procopio's management committee,” The Daily Transcript, January 26, 2010.
• “Turner elected chairman of NCRC,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 14, 2010.
• “Tom Turner Elected Chair of the National Conflict Resolution Center,” Procopio Press Release, December 14, 2009.
• “Commercial landlords feel squeeze,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 11, 2009.
• “Landlords are wooing prospective tenants with free rent, added tenant improvements, extra square footage,” SD Metro, October 6, 2009.
• Howard, Bob. “Law Firm Expands in 100,000-SF Lease,” GlobeSt.com, September 10, 2009.
• “Procopio Renews its Commitment to Downtown,” Procopio Press Release, September 8, 2009.
• “Procopio Expands into Orange County,” Procopio Press Release, July 30, 2009.
• Broderick, Pat. “Law Firms Still Shelling Out Bucks – Where it Counts,” Daily Journal, June 25, 2009.
• “26 Procopio Attorneys Named San Diego Super Lawyers®,” Procopio Press Release, June 3, 2009.
• Broderick, Pat. “Accepting Help in the Trenches – Wearily,” Daily Journal, May 14, 2009.
• “Procopio expands, renews Conerstone lease,” The Daily Transcript, May 13, 2009.
• Sherwin, Doug. “Local law firms prepared to survive economic turmoil,” The Daily Transcript, January 23, 2009.
• “Procopio Shifts Management Committee and Team Leaders,” Procopio Press Release, January 22, 2009.
• Acello, Richard. “How Local Law Firms Face The Competition,” SD Metro, August 4, 2008.
• “Unique Management Approach Keeps Law Firm Growing,” Forbes, June 30, 2008.
• “20 Procopio Attorneys Listed in San Diego Super Lawyers® Magazine,” Procopio Press Release, May 19, 2008.
• Sherwin, Doug. "Procopio's Managing Partner Given Extension Through 2010," The Daily Transcript, September 11, 2007.
• “Managing Partner Term Extended to 2010,” Procopio Press Release, September 11, 2007.
• Stevens-Huffman, Leslie. "Don't Get Burned on the Boilerplate: How preconceptions can leave tenants vulnerable," Smart Business Network Inc., June 2007.
• “24 Procopio Attorneys Named ‘Super Lawyers’,” Procopio Press Release, May 24, 2007.

Recent Articles/Publications

• "A More Civil Society Begins with Us," San Diego Union-Tribune, March 7, 2011.
  
• "Natural Hazard Disclosure: Limiting Seller and Broker Liability," The Daily Transcript.
• "Location, Leases and Legalese: Practical Advice About Letters of Intent," Real Property Law Reporter.
  

Recent Seminars and Speeches

• “Effective Attraction and Retention of Lateral Lawyers,” LawExchange International Conference, Amsterdam, September 14, 2012.
• “The Important New Reality of Agreements Between Tenants, Leverage Landlords & Lenders,” CCIM and CoreNet Lunch and Learn Program, San Diego, CA, December 2010.
• “How to Win Business in a Slowing Economy,” NAIOP Developing Leaders Lunch and Learn Program, San Diego, CA, September 2008.
• "Negotiating and Drafting Purchase and Sale Agreements," Continuing Education of the Bar.
• "Commercial Leasing," Continuing Education of the Bar.