Kevin P. King

Kevin King advises clients on appellate litigation, administrative law, and constitutional law matters. He combines deep expertise on federal courts and federal agencies to help clients develop comprehensive solutions to their most challenging problems. Kevin regularly handles high-stakes appellate litigation matters in courts nationwide. He represents a broad range of clients-including Fortune 100 companies, trade associations, and small businesses-on issues including communications, intellectual property rights, business regulation, casino gaming, life sciences, and competition. In this work, Kevin draws on his experience as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of the United States and at two federal courts of appeals to craft arguments that anticipate judges questions and maximize clients odds of success. Litigating cases involving federal agency orders and regulations is a core part of Kevins practice. He is a co-chair of Covingtons Government Litigation Group and co-author of the administrative-law chapter in a major commercial litigation treatise. Kevin has successfully litigated challenges against the Federal Communications Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Food and Drug Administration, the Patent and Trademark Office, and other agencies. This work involves counseling clients at all stages of agency proceedings, including drafting rulemaking comments, building an evidentiary record, participating in agency hearings, devising litigation strategies, and litigating agency cases in court. Kevin is the lead author of an online toolkit addressing the Law of Administration Change-the complex body of administrative-law rules and precedents that will govern the Trump Administrations ability to adopt policy changes through rulemaking and other executive action. This toolkit identifies strategies businesses and other stakeholders can employ to maximize the opportunities and limit the risks presented by the change in administration on issues such as the Loper Bright doctrine, the Congressional Review Act, and judicial review of Executive Orders. In addition, Kevin assists clients in evaluating the constitutionality of federal and state legislation, including under the First Amendment, the Commerce Clause, the Takings Clause, and preemption doctrines. He has litigated constitutional challenges in a broad variety of contexts, including product labeling, property rights, and business regulation.