Areas of Practice
Turner Litigation Services is licensed to practice law before all California Courts through the California State Bar, and, before the 9th Circuit Federal Court.
Sole proprietor Stephen Davies has over ten years experience practicing law and is a graduate of New College School of Law (the oldest public interest law School in the United States) with undergraduate degrees in anthropology and psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Public interest law encompasses matters affecting large segments of society and which are frequently overlooked by profit orientated businesses due to lack of profitability, complexity, and/or controversy. Environmental, civil rights, and unfair business practices affecting consumers are examples of public interest litigation. TLS has extensive experience with nuisance, real property, riparian rights (water law), unfair/unlawful business practices, forestry, and California Environmental Quality Act (C.E.Q.A.) issues.
Mr. Davies has successfully represented numerous residents of Stafford, Elk River, and Freshwater, California who were victims of logging related flooding and landslides, the parents of activist David Nathan Chain, the North coast Environmental Center, and grass roots environmental organizations. Co-counsel have included Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Steven A. Schectman, Tony Serra, Gerry Spence, and William G. Bertain.
Please see the 'News' page for information about current public interest litigation cases handled by Turner Litigation Services. You are welcome to e-mail TLS or post to the forum if you have questions about a potential case.
The California State Bar does not currently provide specialized certification for the practice of public interest litigation. Mr. Davies is not certified as a specialist by the California State Bar under any specialty sections of the California State Bar.