John P. King, Esquire

Contact Information
215.569.0900
kingj@wnwlaw.com

John King has been practicing medical malpractice law, his second career, as an attorney in Philadelphia since 1990 and has been affiliated with Wapner, Newman since 1989. In the course of his practice, Mr. King has read and evaluated in detail literally thousands of sets of medical and hospital records as both actual and potential medical malpractice cases. Working "behind the scenes" in support of the more visible members of the firm, Mr. King functions as the primary in-house source of general medical case analysis and of strategic and tactical advice regarding medical case investigation. Mr. King also facilitates coherent communication between medical experts and legal staff and assists in development and trial preparation of medical malpractice cases.

Mr. King was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1989 and to the bar of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1990. Previously, Mr. King had pursued a fourteen-year career in the U.S. Navy. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of secondary science education from Cornell University. Enlisting in the Navy during the Vietnam War, Mr. King was first trained as a Hospital Corpsman and then underwent additional training toward becoming an operating room technician. He was stationed at a high security Navy base as a general duty Hospital Corpsman for a few years then completed a two-year Physician's Assistant training program, thereby earning a second Bachelor of Science degree in the field of medicine from the University of Nebraska. After spending several years serving at a Naval Air Station as an outpatient clinical Physician's Assistant Warrant Officer, he was admitted to medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as a commissioned officer in an M.D. program. Discharged for physical reasons near the end of his third year of medical school, Mr. King went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University and joined Wapner, Newman shortly thereafter.

Mr. King is a member of state and local bar associations and is a life member of the National Rifle Association.