Bob King Elected Secretary of Minnesota ABOTA

1/5/2010

Media Notice

CONTACT:
Margie Bodas, V.P. Practice Management
Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A.
612-336-9329


Robert J. King of Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A. has been elected Secretary of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. The preservation of the civil jury trial is the primary purpose of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). This association fosters improvement in the ethical and technical standards of advocacy practice so that individual litigants may receive more effective representation. ABOTA seeks attorneys who display skill, civility and integrity, to help younger attorneys achieve a higher level of trial advocacy and to educate the public about the vital importance of the jury system. Membership in ABOTA is by invitation only.

Bob King has represented personal injury and wrongful death victims and their families for over 25 years in state and federal courts throughout the region. His practice focuses on medical malpractice and product liability and industrial accidents, but he also has considerable experience in railroad and aviation cases, car accidents, and all variety of other types of personal injury claims. A significant portion of his work comes on referral from other attorneys. Mr. King is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and is on the Super Lawyers list by Minnesota Law and Politics. Mr. King is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist both nationally and in Minnesota. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. For more information about Bob King, listen to him talk about his work at http://www.lommen.com/Our-Firm/Attorneys/Robert-King.aspx.

The specific purposes of ABOTA are:

(1) To elevate the standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession;

(2) To aid in further education and training of trial lawyers; to work for the preservation of our jury system; to improve methods of procedure of our present trial court system; to serve as an informational center; to discuss and study matters of interest to trial lawyers; to advance the skill of its members as trial attorneys; to honor the members of the Association who have the requisite qualifications; to provide a forum for the expression of interests common to trial lawyers and to act as an agency through which trial lawyers in general, and members of the Association in particular, shall have a voice with which to speak concerning matters of common and general interest;

(3) To establish relations and cooperate with other legal organizations and associations for the purposes of promoting the efficient administration of justice and constant improvement of the law;

(4) To cultivate a spirit of loyalty, fellowship, and professionalism among members; to advance the interests of the members of the Association professionally and to enable trial lawyers as a group to have an active association of standing in the community and nation through which they may learn and be heard.

For more information about ABOTA, visit https://www.abota.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=217.