John K. King

Knoxville Office
One Centre Square, Fifth Floor
620 Market Street
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
Telephone (865) 546-4646
FAX (865) 523-6529

jking@lewisking.com

Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rated

Education
University of Memphis, B.S., 1962
University of Tennessee, J. D., 1965

Bar Admission
1965 Tennessee

Practice Areas
Real Estate/Commercial
Business/Commercial Litigation

John King has substantial experience in tort and commercial litigation. Mr. King’s primary current practice areas are in zoning, governmental contracting and administrative law. He represents clients in waste disposal, manufactured housing and residential/commercial development businesses. Mr. King represents clients on regulatory matters at the state and local levels and also represents clients on legislative issues at the state level.

Mr. King served as Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Tennessee in 1979-1980, with responsibility for the administration of all state tax laws, as well as providing fiscal impact statements on legislative proposals submitted to the legislature. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (1981-1989), by appointment of the Governor.

Mr. King obtained his undergraduate degree in 1962 from the University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University) and received his law degree in 1965 from the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the American and Tennessee Bar Associations, and he is a member of the Nashville and Knoxville Bar Associations.

Mr. King is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts including the Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States; he is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and a certified mediator for the Federal District Courts, Eastern Division.

Mr. King was listed in Business TN Magazine's Best 100 Lawyers in State in 2004 and 2005. He was also listed in the Business TN Magazine Best 150 Lawyers edition for years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

In January 2009, attorney John King was appointed to the Tennessee Ethics Commission by Governor Phil Bredesen.