UT Rep Brian King Discusses Public Education, Clean Air, Economics, and Health Care - #plugintodevin

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for CongressGuest: Brian KingOffice Held: Representative, House District 28, Utah State Legislature; Leader, House Minority CaucusOffice Sought: Re-election to that officeIssue: Public education, clean air, quality outdoor life, economic development, access to health care. They are critically important quality of life issues. I am in favor of all of them!Bio: Brian S. King serves in the Utah state House of Representatives. He graduated from theUniversity of Utah College of Law in 1985 and has practiced law in Salt Lake City forover 30 years. Most of that time he has represented individuals suing health, life, anddisability insurers and self funded employee benefit plans. This work usually involves theEmployee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). He has lectured across thecountry and written frequently on the topic. Mr. King was invited to testify before theDepartment of Labor in Washington, D.C. regarding proposed changes to ERISA'sclaims and appeals procedures and also testified before the Departments of Labor, Healthand Human Services, and Treasury about changes to the federal Mental Health Parity andAddiction Equity Act. He has been lead counsel in hundreds of trial and appellate casesacross the country involving health, life, and disability claims. Mr. King has also beenlead counsel for plaintiffs in over a dozen class actions, mostly involving ERISA cases.He has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and in many Federal Circuitand District courts. He is a past president of the Utah Association for Justice (formerlythe Utah Trial Lawyers Association). He also serves on the Board of Directors for theRape Recovery Center and on the Board for the ACLU of Utah.In 2008 Brian was elected to the Utah State House of Representatives as the Democraticrepresentative for District 28 in Salt Lake City. He is a member of the House Judiciaryand Business and Labor Standing committees. He also serves on the Executive Officesand Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the Constitutional Defense Council,and the Federalism Commission. He was elected by his Democratic House colleagues asthe Leader of the House Democratic caucus in 2014 and continues to serve in thatposition.Website: www.kingforrep.comTwitter: @RepBrianKingFacebook: Facebook.com/Brian.king.7528/Instagram: @briansking#plugintodevin #UtahValues #BoldSolutions #UTpol Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe