About Austin King
Austin King joined the Arkadelphia legal team in August 2015 after working with the firm through law school. He grew up in Arkadelphia, attended Ouachita Baptist University where he met his wife Jillian, and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2015. Austin served as a Note and Comment Editor of the Arkansas Law Review and published an article in the Review in 2015. He also serves as Justice of the Peace for Clark County District 1 and is a member of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. Outside of work, Austin enjoys running local races, traveling, and keeping up with new music, movies, and television.
Proven verdicts and settlements
A Pulaski County jury awarded a 53-year-old woman $600,000 after finding a North Little Rock massage therapist and the spa that employed him liable for sexually assaulting her during a June 2024 appointment. Jurors held massage therapist Nikkolas Lee Huerta liable for $500,000 and Trinity Massage LLC liable for a separate $100,000 for negligent hiring and training. The woman had testified that the stress of the attack forced her to give up a 17-year nursing career. Circuit Judge Shawn Johnson presided over the one-day trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court, and the 12-member jury was unanimous even though Arkansas civil verdicts require only nine jurors to agree. No appeal of the civil judgment has been reported.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
