Ken Turkel

Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1990

• Order of the Barristers
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award
• Member of Law Review, Notes Editor
• Member Moot Court Board
• Member Mock Trial Team

Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, B.S.M, 1986

• Major: Finance

• AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
• Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2009-Present
• Tampa Magazines’ Top Lawyers, 2020-Present
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2009-Present
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2019 – Top 50 Lawyers in Tampa Bay
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2019 – Top 100 Lawyers in Florida
• Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, 2010-2012, 2014-2017
• Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1999-2000
• Florida Plaintiff’s Attorney of 2016 by Courtroom View Network

• Florida Bar, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

• Represented entertainment industry client against movie studio in false advertising case related to the promotion of the movie War Dogs – Incarcerated Entertainment, LLC v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Case No. 8:16-cv-1302-T-35AAS (M.D. Fla. 2017).
• Obtained record jury verdict of 140 million dollars against media entity for violation of privacy based on non-consensual publication of surreptitiously recorded sex tape of a celebrity client.
• Represented multiple purchasers in ILSA and fraud claims arising out of potential condominium project marketed by the Trump Organization and Donald Trump.
• Successfully blocked a temporary injunction and obtained a dismissal of case filed by Don King against “Sugar” Shane Mosley, which tried to stop a pay-per-view boxing match against Ricardo Mayorga
• Defended large, privately held company and its executives in hostile work environment case in federal jury trial.
• Defended publicly held petroleum company in one of the first same sex harassment trials in Florida.
• Defended publicly held petroleum company in 2-week state court wrongful death trial arising from exploding gasoline dispenser.
• Represented former executive of a publicly held company in jury trial arising from breach of commission and bonus contract.
• Defended grocery co-operative in state court jury trial seeking damages for breach of membership contracts.
• Represented plaintiff survivor in multi-defendant wrongful death trial arising from medical negligence.
• Represented curator of estate of large privately owned dairy in claims against guardian, guardian’s counsel and estate counsel for negligence in failing to protect ward from undue influence.
• Represented publicly held health care company in government civil and criminal investigation involving Medicare fraud allegations.
• Represented numerous witnesses in parallel civil/criminal fraud investigations in areas of health care and securities law.
• Represented home building franchisee in weeklong trade secret and unfair competition trial.
• Represented publicly held food distributor in multi-defendant restrictive covenant and trade secret case.
• Represent Olympic and professional athletes in endorsement and other contract matters.

• The Florida Bar
  • Board of Governors, 2020
  • Board of Governors, 1996-2000
  • Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, 1992-2002; Vice Chairman 1998-2002
  • Grievance Committee D, Member, 1999-2002; Chair, 2001
  • Young Lawyers Division
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • President, 2009-2010
  • Board of Directors, 2003-2011
  • Young Lawyers Division
    • Board of Directors, 1996-1999
    • President, 1999-2000
• American Bar Association
  • Young Lawyers Division National Conferences Chair, 1996-1997
• Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions for Contract and Business Case, 2019-Present

• Panel Discussion, “Jury Selection in Publicized Cases Involving Public Figures” [2017 Civil Trial Practice Beach and Bar Seminar – The St. Petersburg Bar Association Civil Trial Section (May 2017)]
• Panel Discussion, “Does the Internet Risk Bankrupting the First Amendment? The Hulk Hogan v. Gawker Verdict on the Anniversary of Reno v. ACLU” [American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law (February 2017)]
• Panel Discussion Moderator, “The Verdict is In: The Jury Speaks” [20th Annual Hillsborough County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference (November 2016)]
• Panel speaker, The Florida Bar 2016 Reporters’ Workshop, “Libel and Privacy: What Should Journalists Learn from Bollea v. Gawker (the Hulk Hogan case)?” (September 2016)
• Panel speaker, The Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Los Angeles chapter), “Juries Speak Loud and Clear About Privacy in the Internet Age: The Lead Trial Lawyers Analyze the Gawker and Erin Andrews Trials (September 2016)
• Panel speaker, The Florida Bar Convention Media Law Conference, “The Privacy Machine v. The Press” (June 2016)
• Lecturer, “Jury Selection in the Bollea/Gawker Trial” [Hillsborough County Bar Association, March 2016]
• Lectured and presented at the ABA and ABA YLD on topics such as Multi-Disciplinary practice, attorney professionalism and attorney peer-review.
• Lectured at numerous Florida Bar and private seminars, on the following topics: Basic Evidence, Evidentiary Privileges, Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants, and Trial Advocacy.
• Lectured at Hillsborough County Bar Association seminars in the areas of lawyer professionalism and civility, lawyer peer review, trial advocacy, civil procedure and discovery.