Our Attorneys

J. Kevin King

Throughout his lifetime, Kevin King experienced the dedication and hard work ethic his father, Arthur D. King, committed to the practice of law until he passed in 2007. He joined his father and brother in the practice of law in 1988 after serving approximately two years with the United States Army Trial Defense Service. Upon returning to Columbus, he developed a regional- and national-based practice addressing civil law issues.

Kevin King's drive to ensure consumer products are safe evolved from his childhood conversations with Leon D. Cline, a devoted consumer lawyer and his father's law partner. Kevin realized at a young age that people were needlessly injured and/or killed as a result of hazardous products. His consumer legal practice was further shaped by Harry Philo, a renowned warrior for people.

Kevin King now dedicates nearly 100% of his practice to helping people injured by defective products obtain fair compensation and to ensuring manufacturers produce safer products.

Kevin King has been involved in consumer safety cases, primarily automobile related, across North America, including but not limited to Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Canada.

Kevin King has been a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers since 2002 and has attended several of its seminars including, but not limited to: Fundamentals of Steering Systems, Tire & Wheel Safety Issues, The Tire as a Vehicle Component, Occupant and Vehicle Kinematics in Rollovers, Role of the Seat in Rear Crash Safety, 2004 Automotive Dynamics' Stability Controls, Designing Safer Vehicles, Vehicle Dynamics for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, etc.

Kevin King has also attended seminars by the University of Akron, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering entitled "Tire Mechanics Short Course" and STL Trans Tech Transportation Technologies entitled "Tire Technology Seminar."

Practice Areas:
Consumer Safety Advocacy; Product Liability; Automobile Design; Rollover Litigation; Tire/Tube Design; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Truck Litigation; Motorcycle Design; Aerial Lift Design; System Safety Analysis; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Premises Liability

Representative Cases:
Henson v. CSC Credit Services, 29 F.3d 280, (7th Cir. 1994); Richard and Sandra Finchum v. Ford Motor Company, et. al., 57 F.3d 526, (7th Cir. 1995); Joseph and Marilyn Harmon v. Crown Equipment Corporation, et. al, 115 F.3d 477, (7th Cir. 1997), certiorari denied, 522 U.S. 966, 118 S.Ct. 413 (1997); Stephen L. and Melinda Vaughn v. Daniels Company (West Virginia), Inc. and Solar Sources, Inc. 841 N.E.2d 11333, (Ind. 2006); Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC and Bridgestone/Firestone Manufacturing Operations Division v. Violet Mayberry as Personal Representative of the Estate of Harmony B. Wigley, and Audrey E. Wigley as Mother of Harmony B. Wigley, Deceased, 878 N.E.2d 189, (Ind. 2007).

Education:
T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, J.D., 1985; Indiana University, B.A., Forensic Studies, with honors, 1981

Admitted:
1986, Indiana; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals; Multiple U.S. District and State Courts; U.S. Court of Military Review

Memberships:
Indiana State Bar Association

Born:
Columbus, Indiana, 1959

Biography:
A Founder of the Hazard Information Foundation, Inc.