King, George

George H. King

George King

Super Lawyers selectee George King represents businesses in commercial, intellectual property and environmental litigation and has mediated numerous settlement conferences for matters litigated in Maricopa County Superior Court.

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George H. King, Litigation Attorney

George H. King

George King

Super Lawyers selectee George King is Lang Thal King & Hanson's lead partner in business law, contract formation, and entity formation, and he represents companies in commercial, intellectual property and environmental litigation.

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George H. King, Litigation Attorney
George H. King
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Recent results for George King's clients include the following:

  • Successfully defended a lawsuit seeking to overturn a trustee's sale; obtained full award of attorneys' fees against the plaintiff.
  • Recovered the entire principal ($267,500) plus 18% interest and the vast majority of the excavation contractor’s attorneys’ fees and costs in a lawsuit against a developer who refused to pay for construction work about which there were no complaints.
  • On appeal reversed a trial court’s decision against a developer for a multi-million dollar deficiency judgment and negotiated a substantially more favorable outcome for the developer after the appeal (see MidFirst Bank v. Chase in "Published Decisions" below)
  • Obtained a substantial payment for an architect and contractor on work, for a homeowners association, that had gone unpaid for years.
  • Used satellite photos to establish that an asphalt contractor had lien priority over the lender, thereby securing a substantial payment for the contractor.
  • Negotiated a walk-away dismissal of an action filed against an architect for alleged professional malpractice.
  • In litigation involving Arizona anti-deficiency statutes, defeated a lender’s claim for a deficiency on an unoccupied home and obtained a full award of attorneys’ fees (over $29,000) against the lender.
  • In a suit filed by a lender for a deficiency after a trustee’s sale of a home, defeated the lender’s attempt to hold a mortgage broker liable for the deficiency, as the lender made a full-credit bid at the sale. ING Bank, FSB v. Mata, 2009 WL 4672797 (D. Ariz. 2009)
  • Resolved a number of trademark disputes short of contested litigation.
  • Obtained punitive damages against an individual who repeatedly defamed a small business and its owners.
  • Successfully defended a charter school in a lease dispute concerning payment of property taxes, and obtained a full attorneys’ fees award against the landlord of over $40,000.
  • Defeated a lender’s attempt in bankruptcy court to force a quick sale of undeveloped property near Flagstaff; property ultimately sold for nearly double the lender’s appraised value.
  • Resolved a contract dispute on behalf of a local nutritional supplement manufacturer concerning labeling issues.
  • Represented mining companies in complex environmental case involving extensive groundwater pollution.
Firm News: George King
Thunderstorm at the U.S. Capitol
By George King 04 Jan, 2024
The federal Corporate Transparency Act, which goes into effect in January 2024, requires most legal entities to report specific information about the business and its owners.
Super Lawyers
By Lang Thal King & Hanson 06 Apr, 2023
Five Lang Thal King & Hanson attorneys are 2023 honorees: Kent Lang, Mike Thal, George King and Rick Friedlander, plus Rising Stars selectee Jason Clark.
Supporting costs for liquidated damages
By George King 03 Nov, 2022
In Arizona, liquidated damages provisions are generally enforceable if they are intended to compensate the non-breaching party rather than penalize the breaching party.
George King
By George King 19 Sep, 2022
Properly drafted contractual provisions can be among your construction business’s best allies.
Mike Thal
By Mike Thal 30 May, 2019
In December 2017, Mike Thal and George King successfully defended Phoenix contractor Rondo Pools and Spas, Inc., in a breach of contract lawsuit and, in a counterclaim against the plaintiff homeowner, won an award of more than $310,000.
George King
By George King 16 Feb, 2018
One important thing a business can do to avoid certain types of ADA lawsuits is to bring its parking lot into compliance with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design.

 

Practice Areas

 

Business Law, Contracts and Entity Formation

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Construction Insurance

 

Intellectual Property Litigation

 

Environmental Litigation

 

Mediation

 

Honors & Awards

 

AV-Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®

 

Stand-Out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2024

 

Super Lawyers, 2017-present

 

Professional Memberships and Activities

 

State Bar of Arizona: Intellectual Property Section; Secretary, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee

 

Scottsdale Bar Association

 

Volunteer Lawyers Project, Arizona Center for Disability Law


PRESENTATIONS

 

“Corporate Transparency Act Impacting Construction Industry: Covered Entities, Reporting Requirements, Exemptions Determining Who is a Reporting Company, Performing Due Diligence for Extensive Reporting, Mitigating Risk of Serious Penalties,” Strafford CLE Webinars, April 16, 2024

 

Reported Decisions

 

MidFirst Bank v. Chase, 230 Ariz. 366, 284 P.3d 877 (App. 2012)

 

Cain v. Horne, 220 Ariz. 77, 202 P.3d 1178 (2009) 

 

City of Phoenix v. Mori, 182 Ariz. 612, 898 P.2d 990 (App. 1995)

 

Court Admissions

 

Arizona, 1990

 

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

 

Education

 

J.D., cum laude, Arizona State University, 1990

 

M.S., Chemistry, Arizona State University, 1991

 

B.S., summa cum laude, Chemistry, Arizona State University, 1984

 

Birthplace

 

San Francisco, California

 

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