Atty. Allen C. King
Allen King is partner at Starnes Davis Florie and serves as the firm’s Co-Hiring Partner. Allen’s practice has been devoted to civil litigation to include professional medical liability, healthcare litigation, and general business litigation.
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Allen C. King is a Partner based in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing at Starnes Davis Florie Llp. Their practice focuses on medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, white collar, and whistleblower. Educated at University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2014) and University of Alabama (B.A., 2011). Active member of Community Involvement Allen and his wife, Natalie, are active members at Redeemer Community Church. Serands clients in Birmingham, AL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Allen King is partner at Starnes Davis Florie and serves as the firm’s Co-Hiring Partner
- Allen’s practice has been devoted to civil litigation to include professional medical liability, healthcare litigation, and general business litigation
- Professional Recognition •Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine. •Best Lawyers in America 'Ones to Watch' (2021-2023) Highlights •Secured a defense verdict on behalf of a urologist and his practice group in a case where the plaintiff alleged medical malpractice arising from a urological surgery and the scope of preoperative consent relative to surgery. •Enforced binding arbitration agreement after evidentiary hearing in case alleging sexual assault of a nursing home resident (affirmed on appeal) Czoka v
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc., et al. •Obtained judgment as a matter of law in favor of a family medicine physician and his medical assistant following the trial of a combined personal injury and wrongful death case. •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of two OB/GYNs in a two-week maternal death trial alleging negligent management of gestational hypertension and negligence in failing to administer diuretics in the postpartum period. •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a neurosurgeon in a wrong level spinal surgery case involving allegations of a breach in the standard of care by operating at the T8-9 level instead of the intended T9-10 level. •Obtained defense verdict for a Birmingham internal medicine physician in a lawsuit alleging wrongful death of a 26 year old mentally disabled female. •Obtained a judgment as a matter of law in favor of an emergency room physician in a wrongful death case alleging negligence in the work-up of a patient who presented to the emergency department. •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an obstetrician-gynecologist in a wrongful death case alleging negligent management of a pregnancy. •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an obstetrician-gynecologist in a case alleging negligent management of a suspected ectopic pregnancy. •Obtained a defense verdict for an emergency physician in a case alleging negligent failure to diagnose septic arthritis, resulting in below the knee amputation. •Obtained affirmance from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals of summary judgment on behalf of a urologist in a case alleging medical malpractice and deliberate indifference
- Presentations and Publications •“Responding to Discovery Subpoenas: Alabama,” Practical Law Litigation (Spring 2015). •A Practice Manager’s Guide to Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Medical Group Management Association, Alabama (October 18, 2016) News & Insights •35 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2026 •Fourteen Attorneys Selected for Mid-South Super Lawyers 2024 •Starnes Attorneys White, King & Grizzle Obtain Defense Verdict in Seven-Day Jury Trial •33 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2025 •SDF’s Wright, King & Grizzle Obtain Defense Verdict for Urologist in Med Mal Trial •Eleven Attorneys Selected for Mid-South Super Lawyers 2023 •30 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2024 •16 Starnes Attorneys Listed in the 2022 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers •30 SDF ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2023 •Starnes Davis Florie Promotes Three Attorneys to Partner •TWENTY-TWO ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2021 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •29 SDF ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2022 •Alan Bean and Allen King Win in the Tennessee Court of Appeals to Enforce Clients’ Binding Arbitration Rights •Twenty-Six Attorneys Named to the 2020 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers •Executive Order Provides Immunity •THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2019 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •SDF Attorneys Wright, Scivley & King Win Trial in Combined Wrongful Death/Personal Injury Case •THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2018 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •Trial Win for SDF’s Wright & Newton in Med Mal/Professional Liability Case •SDF Attorneys Wright, Newton & King Obtain Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case
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Medical malpractice lawyers represent patients harmed by negligent doctors, hospitals, and other providers. Free case review, no fee unless you win.
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Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
Allen C. King is one of 264,852 personal injury attorneys indexed nationally. Browse personal injury attorneys in Alabama →
Allen C. King is one of 20,025 white collar attorneys indexed nationally. Browse white collar attorneys in Alabama →
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Practicing law in Alabama. Legal matters in Alabama are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Birmingham are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alabama state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alabama brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alabama courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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