F. Carlton King, Jr., Esq. is an experienced mediator and arbitrator who has handled cases in many substantive areas of practice. His almost 50 years as an active trial lawyer -- representing individuals and multinational corporations, plaintiffs and defendants, in both federal and state courts in many states -- provide him with insight into the wide array of legal and practical issues that usually impact settlement.

ADR Experience and Qualifications

Carlton’s mediation, arbitration, and litigation experience includes a wide variety of cases:

• Business torts (unfair competition, trade secret theft, trade name infringement, contract interference, price discrimination, fraud, and professional malpractice)
• Employment (contracts, restrictive covenants, sex, age, race, and disability discrimination, negotiation of severance packages)
• Real estate disputes (involving developers, custom and production builders, homeowners, brokers, and commercial leases)
• Business disputes (breach of contract, UCC, and computer software)
• Banking
• Disputes between partners, limited partners, shareholders, and joint venturers, including dissolution of professional and other partnerships and corporations
• Trusts and estates (will and estate contests, breach of fiduciary duty)
• Product liability (personal injury, property damage, and wrongful death)
• Medical malpractice and other claims for personal injury and wrongful death
• Insurance (including coverage and bad faith issues)

Representative Matters

• Arbitrated a FSLA overtime collective action
• Arbitrated a breach of a contract claim where a CEO disputed a discharge for cause
• Mediated numerous sexual harassment claims
• Mediated a race and national origin discrimination claim against a city
• Mediated a case where a school superintendent was dismissed by a local school board
• Mediated a race discrimination claim against a senior manager of a major retail chain
• Mediated several claims for unpaid commissions and stock options
• Mediated numerous claims involving denial of disability benefits
• Mediated several cases where insurance carriers have been involved and participated in the mediation

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

• Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
• Recognized by Best Lawyers as one of the Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2022
• Listed in Who’s Who Legal, Commercial Mediation, 2022
• The Best Lawyers in America in ADR, Arbitration, Mediation and Commercial Litigation categories
• Atlanta Collegium of Arbitrators and Mediators
• Selected a Georgia Super Lawyer, limited to 5% of the Georgia Bar, based on peer evaluation
• Member, American Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, and State Bar of Georgia
• Member, Georgia Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators
• Adjunct Professor, Employment Litigation, Emory University School of Law

Background and Education

• Civil Trial Practice since 1971
• Of Counsel: Ford & Harrison, current
• Former Partner: King & Croft, LLP; Ford Harrison; and Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey (now Jones Day)
• J.D., University of Virginia, 1971; Order of the Coif; Law Review
• BA., Furman University, 1968