Jon T. King
Jon King joined the firm in 2008 as an Associate, and he is a member of the Antitrust Practice Group.
Among other matters, Mr. King is currently working on In re Intel Corporation Microprocessor Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1717 (D. Del.), in which plaintiffs allege monopolization of the market for x86 microprocessors. Mr. King also represents the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District in In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1663 (D.N.J.), a case that has resulted in approximately $150 million in settlements to date.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. King practiced antitrust law for eight years at The Furth Firm LLP, a San Francisco plaintiffs’ firm, and worked on dozens of direct and indirect purchaser actions that resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements. He began his legal career in Los Angeles at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. While in law school, Mr. King also served as a summer intern for the Honorable John M. Munter in San Francisco Superior Court.
At The Furth Firm, Mr. King was appointed as plaintiffs’ interim liaison counsel in the complex antitrust case captioned Hydrogen Peroxide Cases (San Francisco Superior Court, JCCP No. 4416), and has been quoted on antitrust class action topics in Rubber & Plastics News and Competition Law 360.
Published opinion: Jackson v. Kincaid, et al., 122 S.W. 3d 440 (Tex.-App.-Corpus Christi 2003). In that legal malpractice action, Mr. King represented the plaintiffs against the largest law firm in Oklahoma and various partners, and successfully obtained an appellate reversal establishing that Texas had personal jurisdiction over the defendant partners. The case subsequently was settled for a confidential sum.
Mr. King obtained his undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University, where he majored in Political Science and was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. He received his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where he was Editor in Chief of the Hastings Law Journal, and graduated cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif.
Mr. King is admitted to practice in California, U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Contact: jking@cmht.com
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