Tara A. Turner

Partner | Litigation

About

Tara Turner assists clients across a broad range of industries with pre-breach, incident response, regulatory defense and privacy litigation following cybercrime. She engages and oversees a team of incident response experts through all phases of the cyber breach investigations.

  • She assists experts with the digital forensic investigation to determine the cause and scope of a cybersecurity incident; notice obligations under state and federal laws concerning exposure of sensitive information; securing her client’s environment; negotiations with cyber-criminals; restoring and recovering affected systems; and drafting media and public relations statements to minimize reputational damage after an incident. Additionally, she counsels her clients on privacy compliance and risk management and guides her clients through regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.


Practices

  • Banking and Financial Services

  • Class Action Defense

  • Cyber, Privacy & Technology

  • Professional and Management Liability

  • TCPA Defense

  • Technology

Admissions

  • Florida

  • New York


Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 2015, magna cum laude

  • University of Miami, B.A., 2012, cum laude


Honors and Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers, 2024-2025, Listed in Florida for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants as “One to Watch”

  • Super Lawyers Magazine, 2022-2024, Listed in Florida as a “Rising Star” for Professional Liability: Defense

Experience

  • Akerman LLP