[1] In 1963 he was general laborer and clerical worker for a construction company in Charlottesville, Virginia.

[1] He was formerly in the private practice of law in Norfolk, Virginia, 1965–1979 with the firm Williams, Worrell, Kelly & Greer.

[4] Turner was appointed a United States magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Virginia in July 1979 and served in that position until his appointment as Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

[3] On April 23, 1987, he was nominated by President Reagan to a seat on the Court of Claims vacated by Haldane Robert Mayer who was elevated to the Federal Circuit.

[5] He was appointed Judge to the United States Court of Federal Claims on July 2, 1987, and entered on duty on August 19, 1987.