Samuel J. King

Partner

Biography

Samuel J. King is a partner at McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans and an experienced civil litigator and trial attorney. Based in the firm’s Frisco, Texas office, Sam represents and advises businesses, insurers, and individuals in a wide range of civil matters, including commercial litigation, personal injury, and other complex, high-exposure disputes. Clients value his clear-headed analysis and practical approach to resolving disputes both in and out of the courtroom.

Sam was born and raised in Dallas County. He graduated from Irving’s MacArthur High School in 1991. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Tech University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center in 2000. He has been licensed by the State Bar of Texas since 2000 and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Sam is a member of the Texas Bar College, an honorary society recognizing commitment to continuing legal education and professional excellence.

His litigation practice includes both plaintiff-side and defense-side matters. Sam routinely serves as lead counsel in cases involving serious injury, significant property loss, business torts, and multi-defendant litigation.

Select Cases and Transactions

Plaintiff:

  • Represented individuals and business entities in commercial, personal injury, and subrogation matters across the United States.
  • Represented a California business in a successful arbitration against a prominent Dallas-area construction company.
  • Appearing pro hac vice, obtained a favorable award for an insurance client in a subrogation matter involving a structure fire in Gallup, New Mexico.
  • Secured favorable outcomes in subrogation actions brought against defendants in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
  • Obtained a favorable arbitration award in Dallas County on behalf of an injured claimant in a work-injury dispute against a national office-supply chain.

Defense:Defended and resolved hundreds of personal-injury claims across Texas.

  • Obtained summary judgment and a full dismissal, on a general contractor’s behalf, of a complex construction-injury claim brought for several million dollars in Tarrant County, Texas.
  • Obtained summary judgment and a full dismissal for a national retail client in a high- exposure premises-liability case in Dallas County.
  • Obtained summary judgment in a complex construction-site injury case involving multimillion-dollar exposure, securing full dismissal on behalf of a general contractor in Tarrant County.
  • Successfully defended a family-owned business in Mesquite, Texas, securing dismissal of a high-exposure personal-injury claim.
  • Obtained full dismissals of tort claims against large commercial defendants in Highland Park and Forney, Texas.

Awards and Associations

  • Dallas Bar Association