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David  A.  King
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Nashville
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Education
University of Tennessee - J.D., 1985
University of Tennessee - B.S., 1982

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1985

Memberships
American Health Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Honors & Distinctions
Firm leadership: Member, Executive Committee, 2006-2008; Leader, Products, Torts and Insurance Group, 2012-present; Firm representative, The Network of Trial Law Firms, Inc., 2009-present
Community leadership: President, Hillwood Country Club, 2010 (Board of Directors, 2001-2003; 2008-2011)
Listed in: Best Lawyers®, 2003-present (Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation - Securities, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants); Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2009-present; “The Best Lawyers in Nashville” (Nashville Post magazine, 2011)

Publications
"Providing a Safe Harbor for Those Who Play by the Rules: The Case for a Strong Regulatory Compliance Defense," Utah Law Review (Vol. 2008, No. 1, 2008)



David King is leader of the Products, Torts and Insurance Litigation Group and co-leader of the Managed Care Litigation team. He has served as a litigation representative on the firm’s Executive Committee and is a firm representative in The Network of Trial Law Firms.

David has significant experience and success as a trial lawyer in federal and state court, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Over the course of his career, his practice has focused on healthcare, products liability and insurance litigation. In the wake of the financial crisis in recent years, David has expanded his practice to include broker-dealer and financial products litigation.

Healthcare: David represents healthcare providers in several areas of litigation and dispute resolution including contract/payment disputes with managed care companies, credentialing and peer review, and professional liability actions. 

Representative cases include:
  • Co-counsel for hospital company against managed care company for several million dollars of unpaid claims.
  • Lead counsel for NHC/Nashville in consolidated litigation involving a high publicity multi-fatality nursing home fire involving 16 deaths, which resulted in the successful resolution of 30 of the 32 cases within one year from the date of the fire. 
  • More than 25 years experience representing physicians, nurses and a major academic medical center in healthcare liability actions.

Products, Torts and Insurance: David has defended a significant number of product liability actions involving various products such as automobiles, trucks, food, drugs, pesticides, medical devices and manufacturing equipment. He also has significant experience defending other types of cases involving fatalities and catastrophic injuries. In his insurance practice, David has represented various entities in insurance coverage disputes.

Representative cases include:
  • Represented General Motors and other automotive manufactures for more than 10 years in the defense of various product liability actions, several of which were successfully defended at trial.
  • Lead counsel in defense of wrongful death action involving off-label use of prescription medication.
  • Defense of road construction company in multi-injury bus accident case, involving significant media exposure and NTSB investigation.

Broker-Dealer and Financial Products: David has served as lead counsel in a number of broker-dealer arbitrations stemming from the financial crisis, several of which involve multiple claimants in matters involving financial products.

Representative matters include:
  • David led a team of attorneys in the Nashville and Knoxville offices handling a significant number of arbitrations involving the RMK bond funds, while serving as lead counsel in dozens of arbitrations in several states.
  • Lead counsel in several claims arising out of losses from a variable annuity product.

David attended the University of Tennessee (B.S. 1982, J.D. 1985), where he played on the varsity golf team. He is married and has two children.