Mr. King was one of the founding partners of the firm in 1990.  He has been a member of the Alabama Bar and admitted to practice in all Alabama federal courts since 1982.  He is also admitted in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Mr. King focuses his practice on handling high stakes litigation, often involving class action allegations or significant punitive damages claims, at both the trial and appellate levels.  He has handled high exposure cases throughout the Southeast, and has tried a number of them to verdict.  In addition, Mr. King is often retained post-verdict to handle post-trial motions and appeals in cases he did not try.  Through this work, he has gained extensive experience with Alabama's unique procedures dealing with the post-trial and appellate review of punitive damage awards.  Mr. King has presented oral argument in the Alabama Supreme Court in numerous cases, including the appeal of the largest judgment in Alabama history, and has also presented a number of arguments in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  Mr. King is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at The University of Alabama School of Law, and teaches a course on Appellate Advocacy each Fall semester.  He also lectures frequently at CLE events on punitive damages and related issues.

Mr. King is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the International Association of Defense Counsel.  He has been listed, for years, in The Best Lawyers in America in the Business Litigation category, and is also listed in that book's new Bet the Company Litigation category.  In addition, he has been listed in the Alabama Super Lawyers magazine from its inception, having been listed as one of Alabama's Top Fifty in the inaugural edition.

Mr. King is the son of an outstanding Mississippi trial lawyer, is married to the daughter of an outstanding Alabama trial lawyer, and is the proud father of four sons.