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Gerald King

Significant Accomplishments
  • The Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Law (2007-present)
  • 2008-2009 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers®
  • National Seminar on Fire Analysis Litigation, National Association of Fire Investigators (2003-2009)
  • "Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony," 80-hour course, National Fire Academy (2005)
  • National Fire, Arson & Explosion Investigation Training Program, National Association of Fire Investigators (2004)
  • Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (2004)
  • AV® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • National Fire Protection Agency 921 Major Investigation Task Group Member
  • Certified instructor for the United States Fire Administration's National Fire Academy Course: Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony
Education
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (J.D., 1990)
  • Rockhurst College (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1987)
Publications

Co-Author, "Experts Beware: What You Say Can Be Used Against You In A Court Of Law," International Symposium on Fire Investigation (May 2008)

Co-Author, "Experts Beware: Ignoring the Scientific Method Continues to Result in Exclusion of Opinions in 2006 and 2007," International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology (2008)

Co-Author, "Spoliation: Can the Investigator Be Sued for Destruction of Evidence?" Selected Abstract, 2008 International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology

Author and presenter, "Deposition and Trial Testimony," National Association of Fire Investigators National Seminar on Fire Analysis (2007)

Author and presenter, "Technology and Trial Preparation," National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI) National Seminar on Fire Analysis Litigation (2005, 2006, 2007)

Co-Author, "Experts Beware: Ignoring the Scientific Method Results in Exclusion of Opinions" International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology (2006)

Presentations

Instructor, "Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony," National Fire Academy (2006, 2008)

Student Instructor, "Interviewing-Interrogation Techniques and Courtroom Testimony," National Fire Academy (2005)

Professional and Civic Activities
  • National Fire Protection Association
  • NFPA 921 Major Investigation Task Group Member
  • National Association of Fire Investigators
  • National Fire Academy Alumni Association
  • International Association of Arson Investigators
  • Johnson County Bar Foundation (Board of Trustees)
  • Defense Research Institute
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Johnson County Bar Association
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Areas of Practice

Fire and Electrical Liability
Products Liability
Tort & Catastrophic Events
Business Litigation
Insurance Coverage & Litigation

In The News

October 27, 2009
Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers Recognizes Armstrong Teasdale Partners

August 19, 2009
63 Armstrong Teasdale Attorneys Recognized as “Best Lawyers in America

November 7, 2008
Missouri/Kansas Supers Lawyers Recognizes Armstrong Teasdale Partners

March 12, 2008
Presentations at the International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology

March 12, 2008
Armstrong Teasdale Tops List at #2 of Missouri's Largest Defense Verdicts

March 12, 2008
Fire and Explosion Practice Group Members Taught at the National Fire Academy

February 14, 2006
Explosion Fire Electrocution Practice Group Members to Teach at the National Fire Academy

January 25, 2006
Explosion, Fire, and Electrocution Practice Group Article Selected for Presentation at ISFI

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