Elizabeth Scott Turner

Overview

Elizabeth Turner represents members of the business community in commercial disputes, business torts, fraud claims, and contract disputes, including general business and complex commercial disputes. She works with clients to provide an early assessment of the value and risk of the case and to develop a litigation strategy that considers not only that particular case, but also the impact on business operations as a whole.

Elizabeth regularly represents businesses in defense of class and single-plaintiff actions involving a variety of financial services and data and consumer protection statutes. She specializes in the defense of consumer statutory claims, such as the FCRA, EFTA, TCPA, TILA, UCC, UDAAP, RICO, and state equivalents, as well as data breach actions and complex commercial disputes—representing clients in the Fintech, consumer data, background screening, technology, and financial services industries. She has significant experience assisting clients with issues involving arbitration, particularly with respect to the evolving legal aspects of online arbitration agreements and consent. Elizabeth also represents clients in matters and investigations brought by state attorneys general and administrative agencies.

Elizabeth has particular experience handling cases in the Eastern District of Virginia.  Drawing upon her experience serving as lead and local counsel in all four divisions of the Eastern District, as well as her tenure as a former law clerk in the Richmond Division, Elizabeth regularly advises clients in navigating the unique considerations of the “Rocket Docket.”

Experience

• Obtained a defense verdict for a global technology company in a multi-billion dollar technology dispute
• Represented multiple financial services providers in nationwide class action lawsuits challenging the controlling law applicable to loan products
• Represented multiple members of the Fintech industry in nationwide class action lawsuits challenging loan products
• Represented multiple tribal lending entities in putative nationwide class actions challenging loan products
• Represented multiple financial services providers in nationwide class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
• Representing multiple clients in financial services regulatory actions brought by state regulators and attorneys general
• Represented an international social media network in a defamation action challenging network content
• Represented multiple clients in class and single-plaintiff actions challenging the enforceability of arbitration agreements
• Obtained the dismissal of Title VII, Equal Pay Act, wrongful termination, and defamation claims against a family-owned, closely held corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which was subsequently affirmed on appeal
• Represented a national bank in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and on appeal to Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, obtaining dismissal of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Title VI, Title VII, and related constitutional claims
• Argued and briefed a bankruptcy appeal on behalf of a creditor, resulting in a U.S. District Court upholding a Bankruptcy Court Order declaring a sanctions award to creditor nondischargeable
• Argued against the Solicitor General of Virginia in a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals First Amendment religious freedom case through the Appellate & Supreme Court Clinic while in law school at William and Mary (See Wall v. Wade, 741 F.3d 492 (4th Cir. 2014)

Honors

• Rising Star, Class Action & Mass Torts, Super Lawyers, 2018-2025

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Professional

• Member, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. American Inn of Court, 2017 to Present
• Member, Richmond Chapter Executive Committee, Federal Bar Association 2016 to Present
• Member, Litigation Section, Executive Committee Chair (2023-2024), Richmond Bar Association
• Mentor, Chamber RVA, MENTOR Richmond, Class XVIII and XIX