King Poor was a partner and chair of the Appellate Practice Group.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1976)

• Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1979)

• "Back to Nine: Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Term and Next."
• "Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts" (Co-author)
• "Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts", (4th ed. 2016) - Chapter 13 (co-author)
• "But No One Argued That: Sua Sponte Decisions on Appeal"
• "But No One Argued That: Sua Sponte Decisions on Appeal"
• "Court honored Lincoln as a fellow lawyer"
• "Jurisdictional Deadlines in the Wake of Kontrick and Eberhart: Harmonizing 160 Years of Precedent"
• "Mindful of Mootness: DJL Farms LLC v. USEPA, 813 F.3d 1048 (7th Cir. 2016)"
• "No Cash on the Barrel-head, No Controversy, No Interpleader Jurisdiction"
• "Q&A with Quarles & Brady's King Poor"
• "Request for Prejudgment Interest Stops the Appeals Clock in Federal Court—Unlike Attorney Fees"
• "Seventh Circuit Year in Review"
• "Supreme Court Decides When Clock Stops for State Claims"
• "The Jurisdictional Time Limit for an Appeal: The Worst Kind of Deadline – Except for All Others"
• "The Who, What, How and Why of Bankruptcy Appeals"​
• "United States Supreme Court: Only Statutory Deadlines Are Jurisdictional"
• An Online Presence Is Not an Open Door to Being Sued Anywhere
• Ashcroft v. Iqbal: The Twombly Sequel - No "Threadbare Recitals" in Federal Complaints
• Bright Line from Supreme Court: Consolidated Cases Remain Independent for Appeal
• Data Breach Damages Need Only Be a “Trifle”
• Dissolving What's Been Merged: Judicial Dissolution Claim Survives Merger
• Finding the Nerve Center: Supreme Court Answers Where Is the "Principal Place of Business" for Diversity Jurisdiction
• For Trusts With No Current Illinois Connection, Income Tax is Unconstitutional
• Illinois Supreme Court Makes New Rules for Employers Who Use Noncompete Agreements
• Quarles & Brady 2019 Appellate Year in Review
• Quarles & Brady Appellate Year in Review - 2017
• Quarles & Brady Appellate Year in Review - 2018
• Raising the Bar for Vacating Foreclosures: Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Opening Defaults
• Seventh Circuit Holds Federal Receiver Not Bound by State Law Priorities for Redeeming Investors
• Seventh Circuit Settles Open Issue: Can't Contract Around Successor Liability for Federal Wage Claims
• Seventh Circuit: Contradictory Evidence Cannot Be “Admitted” as a “Gotcha” on Summary Judgment
• Seventh Circuit: Deficiency and Guaranty Claims Are Two Different Animals
• Supreme Court Charts When Foreign Companies May Be Sued in Illinois: Is the Stream of Commerce Overflowing?
• Supreme Court Decides When Administrative Law Judges Must Have Constitutional Appointments
• Supreme Court Explains When a Winning Party Must Cross-Appeal
• Supreme Court Makes Bankruptcy Claw-Backs Easier While Protecting Financial Institutions
• Supreme Court: Alleging Jurisdiction -- What Works for a Complaint Works for Class Action Removal
• Supreme Court: Bankruptcy Does Not Prevent Licensees from Using Trademarks
• Supreme Court: Denying Request to Lift Bankruptcy Automatic Stay Is Immediately Appealable—So Don’t Wait
• Supreme Court: Landowners’ “Taking” Claims May Go Directly to Federal Court Without Seeking State Court Ruling
• Supreme Court: Requesting Attorney Fees Doesn’t Stop the Appeals Clock
• Supreme Court: To Bar Bankruptcy Discharge, Statement of Financial Condition Must Be “In Writing”
• The "Stream-of-Commerce" Does Not Flow to State Court: The Supreme Court Limits State Court Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendants
• “Cut ‘n Paste Briefs Don’t Cut It: Chen v. Holder”
• “If a trust lacks Illinois connections, taxing its income is unconstitutional”
• “Mootness claims in class actions”
• “Tax on trusts is unconstitutional if no connection to Illinois”
• “Utility Rates Pending Judicial Review: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery in Illinois”
• “‘Even Secured Parties Have Rights:’ What Bankruptcy Can and Cannot Do To a Security Interest”