David J. Turek

David J. Turek is an attorney at the law firm of Gass Turek LLC based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He focuses his practice primarily on commercial dispute cases and high-stakes injury cases. He has considerable experience handling cases in both practice areas, including cases involving:

• Commercial litigation: Insurance disputes, construction litigation, noncompete claims and more
• Personal injury: Catastrophic injury, premises liability, product liability, medical malpractice and so on.

Mr. Turek has also represented trucking companies, businesses in Wisconsin and throughout the country, and product manufacturers in personal injury matters. Graduating magna cum laude, he has a bachelor’s degree from Carthage College. Mr. Turek went on to pursue law and graduating summa cum laude, he earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School. While in law school, he served as a senior articles editor for the Marquette Law Review.

Well known for his tenacity and professionalism, Mr. Turek is a zealous, tireless and dedicated advocate for the rights of his clients. With a firm commitment to his clients’ needs, he goes the extra mile for them, provides personalized legal services, and handles all cases efficiently and cost-effectively.

An ardent speaker, Mr. Turek has spoken and lectured on trial practice matters and other topics such as jury research, Wisconsin’s economic loss doctrine, and calculating and proving damages in personal injury cases. He has also co-authored additions to the section on Wrongful Death in the Wisconsin Bar Association’s Law of Damages in Wisconsin.

Active in the legal community, Mr. Turek has memberships in the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, a selection-only association for the nation’s leading defense and corporate attorneys. As a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, he is also a charter member of its Trial Law Institute. Honored for his exceptional legal work, he was listed as a “local litigation star” in Benchmark Litigation’s 2018 edition. He is AV Preeminent peer-review rated,* the highest rating, through Martindale-Hubbell.

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