King is a member of Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black’s (WRVB) Appellate Law, Higher Education, and Labor & Employment practice groups. He assists employers with employment law litigation, labor-management relations, and also offers counsel to businesses on employment-related matters.

Best Lawyers in America named King as the 2023 Roanoke “Lawyer of the Year” for both Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Management.

King regularly counsels and represents colleges and universities throughout Virginia, and leads the efforts of WRVB’s Higher Education team. He is an active member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and a frequent speaker at a wide variety of higher education conferences such as CUPA-HR (College and University Professional Association), the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV), and WRVB’s own Higher Education seminars. In addition, King currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and previously taught at the William & Mary Law School. His experience working for and within higher education institutions gives him valuable insight into the myriad issues facing higher educational institutions.

A native of Roanoke, Va., King earned a J.D. from the William & Mary Law School and his B.A. from the University of Virginia.