Steven W. King, an associate in the Memphis office, is a member of the Advocacy Department. As a litigator, he works on government investigations, construction litigation and health care matters. Mr. King has significant experience representing clients from the inception of litigation to conclusion. He has litigated cases in both state and federal court.
Before joining Baker Donelson, Mr. King was Law Clerk to Judge Robert Wedemeyer, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
- Obtained involuntary dismissal during bench trial of malicious prosecution case.
- Obtained dismissal of class action lawsuit alleging widespread discrimination against municipal entity.
- Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a municipal entity in an alleged $4.5 million dollar breach of contract lawsuit.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of a municipal entity in an alleged medical malpractice lawsuit.
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of an insurer in an alleged "bad faith" lawsuit.
- Obtained dismissal of claim for injunctive relief in an alleged mortgage fraud case.
- Panelist – "Encountering and Avoiding Ethical Traps," TBA YLD Ethics CLE Seminar (February 17, 2012)
- Author – "Website Seizure: A New Weapon Against IP Crime," Law360 (April 5, 2011)
- Panelist – "Candor to Opposing Counsel/Dignity & Civility/Courtesy & Goodwill," 4th Annual Professionalism Seminar, Memphis Bar Association (October 29, 2009)
- Author – "California Text-Messaging While Driving Ban Takes Effect January 1, 2009," DRI Young Lawyers Division Newsletter, The Whisper (February 2009)
- Member – Memphis Bar Association
- Member – Committee on Professionalism, 2009
- Member – Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- West Tennessee Governor, 2010 – 2012
- West Tennessee Wills For Heroes Chair, 2009 – 2010
- Member – Long Range Planning Committee, 2009 – 2010
- West Tennessee CLE Chair, 2008 – 2009
- Member – High School Mock Trial Competition Committee, 2007 – 2008
- Member – Mississippi Bar Association
- Member – American Bar Association
- Associate – Leo Bearman Sr. Chapter of American Inns of Court
- Member – Ducks Unlimited Memphis Committee
- Central Gardens Association
- President, 2011 – 2012
- Vice-President, 2010 – 2011
- Tennessee, 2006
- Mississippi, 2007
- United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 2007
- United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2008
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2006, magna cum laude
- Associate Notes and Comments Editor - Mississippi Law Journal
- National Moot Court Team
- Moot Court Board
- Academic Excellence Program Instructor - Constitutional Law I
- Order of Barristers
- University of Mississippi, B.A., 2003
- Croft Institute for International Studies