Adrian R. King, Jr., is a partner in the Business and Finance Department, co-partner-in-charge of the P3/Infrastructure Group, and a member of the Government Relations, Regulatory Affairs and Contracting; Health Care; and Higher Education Groups. His practice is concentrated in the areas of general business and corporate law and government relations.
Among other representations, Mr. King serves as counsel to one of the nation's largest housing authorities on a variety of business, litigation, and government relations matters. He has also served as counsel to a municipal human-services agency on various federal and state reimbursement issues, and to a national for-profit health care corporation in certain insurance matters.
Mr. King was a lawyer with Ballard Spahr until 2003, when he left the firm to become deputy chief of staff to Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell. In this position, he oversaw the Commonwealth's public safety and homeland security functions with respect to both operations and policy, and served as the Governor's day-to-day and emergency point of contact for Pennsylvania's Office of Homeland Security, State Police, State Fire Commissioner, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (including the Pennsylvania National Guard), Department of Corrections, Board of Probation and Parole, and Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Mr. King also served as the Governor's liaison to the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Department of State; the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, with which he worked closely; and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, in connection with the implementation of expanded gaming in the Commonwealth. He also coordinated the Governor's response to the Department of Defense's BRAC 2005 process, including oversight and management of the Rendell v. Rumsfeld litigation.
In February 2005, Mr. King was appointed to the Governor's Cabinet, serving as director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. In this position, he oversaw the development and administration of the Commonwealth's comprehensive all-hazards disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery programs. He also managed the state's Emergency Operations Center, where more than 30 departments and agencies coordinate resources in response to natural and/or manmade disasters and other emergency events.
Mr. King was also the chairman of the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET), an integrated criminal justice information network that enables 39 state departments and agencies, 266 county government and municipal police department users, and 17 federal agencies to share and access key criminal justice data, including fingerprints, mug shots, drivers license photos, and arrest warrant information instantaneously.
In addition, Mr. King was the Governor's representative to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, a bi-state agency that operates more than 20 river crossings between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He also served as a Commonwealth trustee for the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund, the entity charged with providing health benefits to more than 80,000 Commonwealth employees and their family members.
In 2001, Mr. King served as counsel to Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street's Task Force on Police Discipline.