Robert W. Turken
- Chambers USA source
Bob is a Senior Partner in Bilzin Sumberg's Trial & Litigation Group, and has served as lead counsel in many of the Firm's most complex and high profile matters. As former head of the Firm’s Antitrust and Securities Litigation Teams, Bob has extensive experience in antitrust litigation, securities litigation, financial services litigation and class actions. Bob represents national and regional corporations in all phases of pretrial, trial, and appellate work in state and federal courts across the country.
Bob has represented numerous clients in multidistrict class actions, and has served as lead counsel in opt-out actions related to price fixing, conspiracy claims, monopolies, and predatory pricing claims. His experience has ranged from primary counsel in precedent-setting antitrust and national class actions suits to special litigation counsel in some of the largest bankruptcy cases in the country to designated
federal appellate counsel and to advisory counsel to the FDIC.
Bob is consistently recognized by legal publications including Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, and Benchmark Litigation. He has also spoken at conferences on the topics of Corporate Governance and Accounting Irregularities.
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Duke University, J.D., 1980Duke University, B.A., 1977
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Jennifer Beth Turken Heart Award ProgramCo-Founder, 2008 - Present
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Florida
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U.S. Court of Appeals, First CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, Second CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, Third CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh CircuitU.S. District Court, Eastern District of New YorkU.S. District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court, Northern District of IllinoisU.S. District Court, Southern District of FloridaU.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
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Band 1, Chambers USA, Antitrust, 2013 - present
Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022 - present
Lawdragon, 500 Global Antitrust and Competition Lawyers, 2025
Chambers USA, Litigation, 2007 - 2010
Daily Business Review, Florida Trailblazers, 2019
Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star, 2009 - present
The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Securities Law, 2010 - 2016; Commercial Litigation, 2010 - present
Florida Super Lawyers, 2007 - present
Daily Business Review, Most Effective Lawyers finalist - Complex/Business Litigation, 2016
Florida Trend's Legal Elite, 2005 - 2012
Florida Super Lawyers, Top 100 in Miami, 2010 - 2011
AV® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
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