Hon. James P. King
Hon. James P. King retired as a Brigadier General from the United States Marine Corps after 22 years of active duty. In his last assignment he was the Corps' top ranking JAG. His subsequent career has included positions as a law clerk and law professor at Stetson University Law School. In 1983, he was appointed an Assistant Attorney General and served there until 1990 when he ran for and was elected to the New York State Assembly. He was the ranking minority member of both the Codes Committee and the Legislative Ethics Committee. In 1995 he was appointed as a Judge of the Court of Claims where he served until his retirement from the Bench in 2000. Shortly thereafter, he joined the New York State Department of State as General Counsel. After his retirement in 2002 he continued his adjunct teaching position at Albany Law School and became the Government Law Center's first Government Lawyer in Residence. He currently is the Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Siena College. He served as a Commissioner on the Public Authorities Reform Commission; as member and chair of the New York Temporary State Commission on Lobbying.
He received a B.A. from Westminster College, an LLB from Albany Law School and an LLM from George Washington Law School.