Phila, PA

Jim Turner

Jim Turner is a managing partner of Furia and Turner LLC. His practice areas include personal injury, workers' compensation, and products liability. He has a double major in both economics and business management. He received his undergraduate degrees from Widener University in 1979, where he was the recipient of the Widener University College Prize-1979. He attended New England School of Law in Boston, MA, and received his J.D. in 1983. After attending law school, he was immediately admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. Jim has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1994 and is listed with Furia and Turner LLC as a "Preeminent Lawyer." Jim is also a member of the "Million Dollar Advocates Forum". He also served as the lead cite copy editor for Wigmore on Evidence - considered in the legal community as the book on evidence - Tillers revision vol.1A 1981-1983. Jim resides in Chester County, PA, with his family and is actively involved with civic associations and youth baseball leagues.

Richard F. Furia

For more than 30 years, Richard F. Furia has practiced within the context of the solo or small firm handling both criminal and civil, plaintiff and defense matters. Currently, he is the founding and managing partner of Furia and Turner, limiting his practice to plaintiffs' personal injury litigation, commercial litigation, probate and trust law, real estate, workers' compensation, and other administrative litigation. Richard received his bachelor's degree (cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967; he then attended Temple University School of Law and received his J.D. (cum laude) in 1971. Since 1985, he has received an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubble and has been included in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers since 1997. In 2006, Richard was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® and is featured in the June 2006 Philadelphia Magazine as a top lawyer in Pennsylvania. He was chosen by his peers as being among the best in the profession. Law & Politics Media conducts the research and surveys. The list of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® includes the top five percent of the Pennsylvania Bar in all fields of practice.

Robert S. Esposito

With more than 25 years' legal experience, Bob handles probate, estate, trust, real estate, and business law for Furia and Turner. He received his bachelor's degree from Temple University in 1974. He then went on to law school and received his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1977, after which he was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. He also maintains a solo practice in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Bob has also instructed undergraduate law courses (Trusts and Estates) at Manor Junior College in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania (1989); Pennsylvania Real Estate Fundamentals, Adelphia Real Estate School, Philadelphia (1989-1990); and Principles of Accounting, Temple University, Philadelphia (1980).

Edward W. Furia, Sr.

Furia and Turner was originally founded by Edward W. Furia, Sr., Esquire (1905-1971), in 1930. Mr. Furia was an attorney for the Pennsylvania State Banking Department and maintained an active community general practice for over 40 years. He served as Clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court of Philadelphia, was U.S. Commissioner for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and then became the first U.S. Magistrate for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In 2002, Edward W. Furia, Sr., was named a "Legend of the Bar." This honor has been bestowed upon only 160 lawyers to date in the history of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He was hand-picked, by a cross-section of today's Philadelphia lawyers, as one of the advocates of the past who embodied the true meaning of the term "Philadelphia Lawyer," which began with Andrew Hamilton (the first Legend of the Bar) in the year 1735.