Errol J. King, Jr.

Errol J. King, Jr.


Phelps Dunbar LLP

Recognized since 1997

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Health Care Law

Insurance Law

Litigation - Health Care

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Errol J. King Jr. is a member of the Health Law Group in the Firm's Baton Rouge office. He focuses his practice primarily in the representation of managed care organizations, having been appointed in April 1996 by Louisiana's Commissioner of Insurance to serve as general counsel and an initial member of the Louisiana Managed Health Care Advisory Board, which advises the commissioner on managed care issues impacting the state of Louisiana. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Health Care Law continuously since 1995.

Mr. King works with clients in the areas of risk management, state and federal regulatory issues, coverage issues, health care reform, and health care litigation, including ERISA cases. He has extensive experience in representing clients before regulatory agencies as well as defending managed care plans in litigation. He has lectured extensively on a wide range of health care topics, including managed care and long term care facilities; Medicare-Medicaid and managed care; fundamentals of integrated delivery systems and health care mandates. He has lectured before the Managed Care Congress, the American Health Lawyers Association's Managed Care Law Institute, the Louisiana Hospital Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Mr. King was selected by the Baton Rouge Business Report as a member of its "40 Under 40" leadership list in 1997. He served as vice chair of the HMOs and Health Plans Substantive Law Committee of the American Health Lawyer's Association from 1999 to 2002. In addition, he has been a member of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc. since 2003 and has taught a law office practice course at the Louisiana State University Law Center. Mr. King serves as general counsel for the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO) and as general counsel to the Third Party Administrators Association of America (TPAAA).

Location
  • II City Plaza, Suite 1100
    400 Convention Street
    Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5618
Education
  • Nicholls State University, BS, graduated 1982
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Association of Health Plans (1998 – present) - Member
  • American Bar Association, Health Care Section (1991 – present) - Member
  • American Health Lawyers Association (1990 – present); Vice Chair of HMO and Health Plans Substantive Law Committee (1999 – 2002); Vice Chair of the Labor, OSHA and Humana Resources Substantive Law Committee (1997 – 1999) - Member
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association (1986 – present) - Member
  • Federation of Regulatory Counsel (2003 – present) - Member
  • Louisiana Association of Health Plans (1992 – present) - Member
  • Louisiana Business Group on Health Board of Directors; Member (1994 – present); Chairman of Steering Committee (1996 – 2002) - Member
  • Louisiana Business Group on Health CEO Leadership Round Table, (2009 – present) - Member
  • Louisiana Health Care Alliance Board of Directors; Member, (1993 – present); Chairman of Governmental Affairs Committee (1993 – 2006); Co-Chair of the Fraud and Abuse Task Force (1993 – 1995) - Member
  • Louisiana Managed Health Care Association, Advisory Board - Board of Directors; Member and General Counsel (1995 – present) - Member
  • Louisiana Society for Hospital Attorneys Board of Directors; Member (1993 – 1996) - Member
  • Louisiana State Bar Association (1986 – present) - Member
  • Texas Association of Health Plans (2009 – present) - Member
  • The Primary Place, Board of Directors - Member
  • United Way of America, Individual Attorney Division Campaign (1994) - Chairman
  • Women In Need Gain Support, Inc. (W.I.N.G.S.), Board of Directors (1994 – present) - Member
  • Women's Hospital Annual Fundraiser Tennis Committee (1993 – 1995) - Member
Court Admissions
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • Supreme Court of the United States Errol has such longevity with us. He knows all the people [and] our culture. He is in sync with us. General Counsel at one of the biggest comprehensive providers of health care cost management solutions in the industry
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Phelps Dunbar LLP
Headquarters: New Orleans, Louisiana

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Insurance Law, Baton Rouge (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Health Care Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Health Care
Special Focus:
  • Employee Benefits
  • Health-Care Companies
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
  • Managed Care
  • Regulatory
Awards:
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers (2007 – 2008, 2011 – 2014)
  • Recipient – Baton Rouge Pro Bono Award (2012)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Litigation - ERISA

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