#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress

Guest: Brian King
Office Held: Representative, House District 28, Utah State Legislature; Leader, House Minority Caucus
Office Sought: Re-election to that office
Issue: Public education, clean air, quality outdoor life, economic development, access to health care. They are critically important quality of life issues. I am in favor of all of them!

Bio: Brian S. King serves in the Utah state House of Representatives. He graduated from the
University of Utah College of Law in 1985 and has practiced law in Salt Lake City for
over 30 years. Most of that time he has represented individuals suing health, life, and
disability insurers and self funded employee benefit plans. This work usually involves the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). He has lectured across the
country and written frequently on the topic. Mr. King was invited to testify before the
Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. regarding proposed changes to ERISA's
claims and appeals procedures and also testified before the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Treasury about changes to the federal Mental Health Parity and
Addiction Equity Act. He has been lead counsel in hundreds of trial and appellate cases
across the country involving health, life, and disability claims. Mr. King has also been
lead counsel for plaintiffs in over a dozen class actions, mostly involving ERISA cases.
He has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and in many Federal Circuit
and District courts. He is a past president of the Utah Association for Justice (formerly
the Utah Trial Lawyers Association). He also serves on the Board of Directors for the
Rape Recovery Center and on the Board for the ACLU of Utah.
In 2008 Brian was elected to the Utah State House of Representatives as the Democratic
representative for District 28 in Salt Lake City. He is a member of the House Judiciary
and Business and Labor Standing committees. He also serves on the Executive Offices
and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the Constitutional Defense Council,
and the Federalism Commission. He was elected by his Democratic House colleagues as
the Leader of the House Democratic caucus in 2014 and continues to serve in that
position.

Website: www.kingforrep.com
Twitter: @RepBrianKing
Facebook: Facebook.com/Brian.king.7528/
Instagram: @briansking

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