Harry Turner J.D.

Professional Experience

Teaching Experience

• Stevenson University, Owings Mills, Maryland
• Professor, Legal Studies, Spring 2016–present
• Associate Professor, Legal Studies, Fall 2010–2015
• Assistant Professor, Legal Studies, Fall 2005–Spring 2010
• Adjunct Professor, Legal Studies, Spring 1993–Spring 2004

Related Professional Experience

• Harry Belt Turner, P.A., Towson, Maryland
• Sole Practitioner, 1992–2005
• Estate planning and administration, trust administration, corporate and business law, contract law, home owner association law, real estate and leasing. Appeared and represented clients in business purchase and sale negotiations, contract negotiations, before zoning boards, and in caveat proceedings before the Maryland Orphans’ Court.
• Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf, Hendler & Sameth, Baltimore, Maryland
• Associate, Commercial transactional law, 1987–1991
• Advising on the laws applicable to transactions and on the appropriate structure to manage and minimize legal and commercial risks; drafting contracts and other transactional documents; supervising and performing due diligence; drafting due diligence letters, business and loan negotiations; executing successful transactions.
• Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner, Spouse & Garbis, Baltimore, Maryland
• Associate, Commercial transactional law and appellate practice, 1982–1987
• Worked on the purchase and sale of major businesses, corporate reorganizations, represented office buildings and shopping centers in lease negotiations, worked with Baltimore City in procuring federal Urban Development Action Grants and drafted UDAG grant proposals therefor, drafted appellate briefs arising out of commercial civil litigation, including working with Joseph Kaufman on the brief for the successful collective bargaining petition before the U.S. Supreme Court, Jackson Transit Authority v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, 457 U.S. 15 (1982).