Barrett King - Ellicott City Guardianship Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

Barrett R. King is a co-founder of King|Hall LLC. Located in Ellicott City, Maryland, and providing representation to clients in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area and throughout the state, he focuses his practice on guardianship, estate and trust litigation, estate planning, and elder law. Mr. King frequently serves as a personal representative, trustee and guardian and also frequently testifies as an expert on guardianship and estate and trust matters. He advises clients on how to protect their companies, their intellectual properties and their digital assets through estate planning as well as how to protect and preserve the inheritances for children from a previous marriage.. Barrett was born and raised in Sussex County, Delaware. Majoring in philosophy, Mr. King attended Salisbury University on the Eastern Shore of Maryland as an undergraduate and received a Bachelor of Arts in 2002. Remaining in the state, he pursued his legal education at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was awarded his Juris Doctor cum laude in 2006. While in law school, he served internships with the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. After graduation, Mr. King was a lease negotiator with CitiFinancial before entering private practice in 2008. Admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the United States Tax Court, and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Mr. King was an adjunct professor at the Community College of Baltimore County for several years, teaching courses in philosophy and ethics. A member of the Elder & Disability Rights, Litigation and Estate and Trust Law Sections of the Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., he is also a member of the Howard County Bar Association. Mr. King is a frequent faculty member for Continuing Legal Education and other professional seminars organized by the Maryland State Bar Assocation, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and various Circuit Courts of Maryland.. In 2019, Barrett became as a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation, an invitation-only honor extended to outstanding attorneys and judges not exceeding 2.5% of the membership of the Maryland State Bar Association.