Mr. King is a highly skilled and experienced trial lawyer who has practiced for over three decades in both state and federal courts throughout the State. Mr. King's courtroom skills allow him to handle a wide range of civil disputes. Mr. King has served as outside counsel for the City of San Mateo for over 20 years defending a variety of tort claims ranging from inverse condemnation to the defense of federal civil rights actions.

His broad based practice includes trust and estate litigation (elder law), real estate disputes, employment matters, construction defects, commercial contracts, product liability, toxic tort, and a variety of major personal injury and wrongful death actions. Mr. King also has extensive knowledge of insurance coverage issues and is instrumental in assisting clients with securing insurance coverage when faced with litigation.

Because of his successful track record in numerous bench and jury trials, Mr. King has earned a reputation for his courtroom skills. He is, however, also an accomplished negotiator who has brought many difficult conflicts to closure through alternative dispute resolution methods. He lectures on settlement and negotiation strategies, serves as a mediator and as a court appointed arbitrator.

Special Expertise

• Trust, estate and fiduciary litigation
• Real estate litigation
• Employment litigation
• Toxic tort and catastrophic injury litigation
• Civil rights litigation

Recent matters include:

• Lead counsel in a trial invalidating a trust on the basis of undue influence. Successful in obtaining award of attorneys fees based on successfully proving the opposing party's financial elder abuse
• Obtained several permanent injunctions on behalf of business-employers against potentially violent customers and former employees.
• Successfully prosecuted substantial inverse condemnation actions on behalf of private property owners against municipalities resulting variously in major remedial repairs of failed improvement, damage awards and attorneys fees
• Acted as Cumis counsel on behalf of corporate and employer defendants. Instrumental in obtaining early favorable settlements funded by insurance
• Prevailed on several summary judgment motions in federal civil rights actions
• Prosecuted and favorably resolved numerous catastrophic injury cases in matters involving inadequate insurance coverage, successfully obtaining significant contributions from responsible parties and favorably negotiating resolution of large hospital/medical lien claims so as to maximize client's recovery

Academic Credentials

• J.D., with distinction, University of Santa Clara School of Law
• B.A., summa cum laude, University of California at Santa Barbara

Professional Affiliations

• State Bar of California
• San Mateo County Bar Association
• Association of Defense Counsel of North America

Civic Affiliations

• Earth Speak, Advisory Board of Directors