About Our Attorneys

About Turner & Sweeny


John Turner and Chris Sweeny have over sixty years combined legal experience. Their collective trial and appellate experience is unparalleled. 

They have tried over 200 cases throughout Missouri and Kansas and handled over 90 appeals including appeals in the United States Court of Appeals, Missouri Supreme Court, Kansas Supreme Court and Missouri and Kansas Courts of Appeals.

John Turner

turner-sweeny@msn.com

  • Graduate University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law Juris Doctorate degree 1976
  • Former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Jackson County, Missouri
  • Recipient of Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyers Award, 1980
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America
  • Martindale-Hubbell “AV” rating
  • Recognized on Super Lawyers list of Top 50 Kansas City Lawyers
  • Member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers


Chris Sweeny

csweeny@turnersweeny.com

  • University of Missouri School of Law – 1994
  • Turner, Sweeny & Seaton (previously Turner & Sweeny) – 1996 to present
  • Admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1994
  • Admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1995
  • Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 2005
  • Rated “AV Preeminent” by peers and judiciary in Martindale Hubbell
  • Listed in “Best Lawyers in America”
  • Recognized in “Super Lawyers” – Missouri & Kansas


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