Alicia Embley Turner concentrates in the practice area of civil litigation, collections and creditors' rights, business law, administrative law, and corporate law. Prior to her association with Newman, Comley & Ruth, P.C. in 2000, she worked for an international law firm in Paris, France.

Ms. Turner is a member of the Missouri Bar and the Cole County Bar Association. She is also a member of Jefferson City West Rotary Club and serves as a member of the Rotary District 6080 Youth Exchange Committee.

Ms. Turner was born in Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1973. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French. In 1999, she received her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Law, where she served as a Note and Comment Editor of the Missouri Law Review and President of the International Law Society.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• BI/PI Defense
• BI/PI Plaintiffs
• Corporation Formation
• General Civil Litigation
• Collections and Creditors' Rights
• Business Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1999
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2000

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1999
  J.D.
  Law Review: Missouri Law Review, Note and Comment Editor
  
  
• University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL, 1995
  B.A.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Bronze Tablet
  Major: Political Science/French
  
  

Published Works

• Federal Jurisdictions over Juveniles: Who Decides?, 64 Mo. L. Rev. 171, 1999
• Vicarious Liability For Volunteers: Should Missouri Courts Consider New Standards?, 63 Mo. L. Rev. 821, 1998
• Small Business Capital Formation in Missouri: What's the SCOR?, 44 St. Louis B.J., 1998

Honors and Awards

• CALI Award for Future Excellence in Comparative Law, 1999
• CALI Award for Future Excellence in Gender and the Law, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Missouri Bar Association, Business Law Committee
  Member
  
  
• Cole County Bar Association, 2000 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Jefferson City West Rotary Club, 2000 - Present
  Youth Exchange Counselor, 2005-Present; Paul Harris Fellow
  
  
• Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce Leadership, Jefferson City, 2001
  
  
• International Law Society, 1997 - 1999
  President
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Coudert Brothers Law Firm, 1999 - 2000
• Office of Attorney General, Litigation Division, Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998
• Office of the Missouri Secretary of State (Securities Division), Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998

Ancillary Businesses

• French/English Translation

Languages

• French

Birth Information

• 1973, Jerseyville, Illinois, United States of America