Colin King
President and Founding Member | Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas
Colin King is a medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death trial lawyer and president and founding member of Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas in Salt Lake City, Utah. Admitted in Utah, Texas, Colorado and Wyoming.
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Colin King is a trial lawyer and the president and a founding member of Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas (DKOW) in Salt Lake City, Utah. He represents clients in product liability, medical malpractice, workplace injury, personal injury, wrongful death and civil rights cases.
According to the firm, King has obtained many of Utah’s largest jury verdicts in product liability and other complex tort cases, including the first eight-figure tort verdict in the state’s history. Recent results listed on his firm biography include a $10.1 million medical malpractice settlement and a $10 million product liability settlement in 2023.
The Best Lawyers in America has named King every year since 1993 for personal injury litigation, medical malpractice law and product liability litigation, and named him its 2025 Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs, in Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and a fellow of both the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
King is a former president of the Utah chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a past president of the Utah Association for Justice. He is admitted to practice in Utah, Texas, Colorado and Wyoming, as well as numerous federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, and he lectures on tort law and trial strategy in Utah and nationally.
Experience and Expertise
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- Admitted to practice in Utah
- Admitted to practice in Texas
- Admitted to practice in Colorado
- Admitted to practice in Wyoming
- Admitted to numerous federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court
Practice Areas
- Inner Circle of Advocates
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Former Utah Chapter President)
- Utah Association for Justice (Past President)
- Utah State Bar
- Salt Lake County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs, Salt Lake City (2025)
- The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law and Product Liability Litigation (every year since 1993)
- $10.1 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement: Listed under 2023 recent notable victories on his firm biography.
- $10 Million Product Liability Settlement: Listed under 2023 recent notable victories on his firm biography.
- $5.25 Million Wrongful Death Settlement: Listed under 2026 recent notable victories on his firm biography.
- $4.5 Million Birth Injury Settlement: Listed under 2024 recent notable victories on his firm biography.
- $4.1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement: Listed under 2024 recent notable victories on his firm biography.
- $4 Million Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Result: Wrongful death due to medical malpractice; listed under 2025 recent notable victories on his firm biography.
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