Doug Kings Joins Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP
St. Louis, Missouri, October 31, 2013 – The St. Louis law firm of Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP announced today that Douglas W. King has joined the firm as a partner. His practice focuses on business litigation, class action defense, and appellate advocacy.
A trial lawyer, King has more than 25 years of experience trying jury cases, bench trials, and arbitrations as well as briefing and arguing appeals in the state and federal courts, including defending consumer class actions across the United States.
Mark Bremer, Chairman of the firm’s Management Committee, said: “Doug brings a wealth of experience and excellence in commercial litigation. We are delighted to add him to the team.”
Prior to joining the firm, King was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago with honors in 1984 and an A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1981. He is admitted to practice law in Missouri and in federal courts in Missouri, Illinois and several other states.
Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP combines small firm responsiveness with large firm capability and clientele in its areas of practice. The firm focuses on business litigation, labor and employment counseling and litigation, education law, professional liability defense, domestic relations litigation, corporate and real estate transactions, tax and estate planning. The firm is ranked as a “Best Law Firm” in St. Louis in the 2013 law firm rankings by U.S. News–Best Lawyers/Best Law Firms in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice-Defendants, Litigation-Eminent Domain & Condemnation, Litigation-Labor & Employment and Litigation-Municipal.