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Robert King

Attorney

Practice Areas
  • Mass torts
  • Product liability
  • Pharmaceutical litigation
  • Criminal law
  • Civil litigation
  • Mesothelioma litigation
Education
  • Syracuse University College of Law, 2007
  • B.A. in History, St. John Fisher University, Honors: Summa Cum Laude
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Recognitions & Achievements

Last Updated: August 12, 2026

Robert King has dedicated his career to fighting for others, as a public prosecutor, a personal injury attorney, a mass tort attorney, and a criminal defense attorney. In addition to criminal defense and personal injury cases, he currently focuses on nationwide mass tort lawsuits. In these cases, he represents clients alleging injuries and illnesses from medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. Whether he is taking on insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, polluters, negligent parties, or veteran prosecutors, Mr. King fights for justice and fair compensation for each of his clients.

He and his team of attorneys have achieved meaningful results for thousands of clients in upstate New York and across the country. He and his partners have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for personal injury clients. In criminal defense cases, the attorneys at King Law have been able to have charges dismissed or reduced in 88% of cases. Mr. King believes in fighting for the rights of everyday Americans and helping them through some of the hardest times in their lives.

Education & Early Career

Robert King was born and raised in rural upstate New York. He graduated summa cum laude from St. John Fisher University with a B.A. in history. Then, he graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 2007. 

Mr. King began his legal career as a member of the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office in Rochester, New York. He was promoted to Senior Trial Attorney in the Special Victim’s Unit, where he was responsible for prosecuting the most heinous and sensitive crimes—those involving physical and sexual violence against women and children.

Founding the King Law Firm

Mr. King entered private practice at the age of 29. In 2012, he became the founding partner of The Law Office of Robert King PLLC (King Law), with its principal office located in Rochester, New York. The King Law firm focuses on civil litigation, specializing in Plaintiff’s catastrophic injuries, defective/dangerous products, water  and environmental contamination (e.g., PFAS), and other complex litigation. 

The firm has consistently grown since opening in 2012 and now includes three offices in New York and North Carolina. Mr. King is licensed to practice in New York, Iowa, and North Carolina, and is pending admission in Arizona. He has received various recognitions, including Top 40 under 40, Super Lawyer, and was named a “Best Law Firm in Rochester, New York” by the Rochester Business Journal in 2020.

Mr. King’s Litigation Experience

Mr. King has extensive experience in federal courts, in both criminal and civil settings. Mr. King’s civil experience includes cases against corporate defendants such as Travel Centers of America, Dollar General, Troon Golf, Wegmans Supermarkets, Swift Trucking Company, D.A. Collins Construction Company, amongst many others. He has also successfully litigated civil cases against the University of Rochester, The State University of New York, The City of Rochester, New York, and the City of Binghamton, New York. He has tried over 100 criminal and civil cases to verdict. 

Mr. King’s background and experience give him the deepest appreciation for lawyers who communicate and work cooperatively with similarly interested counsel, opposing counsel, and the Court. 

Mr. King is committed to serving his clients with diligence and upholding the highest standards of respect for the profession and the judiciary.

Volunteer Work

Mr. King is active in the legal community, including speaking at continuing legal education (CLE) courses and mentoring young attorneys at Saint John Fisher College, Syracuse University, and Wayne County, New York, schools. The community involvement he is most proud of is writing and implementing a curriculum to teach law classes to rural high school students in Upstate New York.

King Law’s Support of Clients In Mass Torts

Mr. King saw a lack of legal options for some people who have been harmed by products, services, catastrophes, and pharmaceutical drugs. This area of law is often referred to as mass torts. Upstate New York does not have a traditional mass tort firm.

Over the past decade, the King Law Firm has seen an increase in interest of clients seeking a lawyer for these types of cases. Due to this, King Law has expanded its presence in mass torts in order to represent clients who are facing injuries due to corporate negligence and who prefer a smaller, more personal approach despite the size of the cases. Mr. King was appointed by Patti B. Saris (U.S. District Judge) to help lead the Covidien Hernia Mesh litigation.

Here is a sampling of civil (mass tort) cases Robert King and his team of legal partners are currently representing clients in: