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Professional Experience
Mr. Young has been a civil trial attorney for over 20 years with particular expertise trying and resolving employment, intellectual property, and business disputes. He serves as the head of the firmīs Labor and Employment Practice Group. Mr. Youngīs employment litigation experience covers the panoply of employment disputes, including claims of wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination (sex, race, disability, reverse discrimination, age, etc.), wage and hour (including class action defense), public policy violations and "whistleblower" matters. Mr. Young also supervises workplace investigations and counsels clients on numerous state and federal laws and regulations governing employment.
Mr. Youngīs intellectual property practice includes disputes involving copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, counterfeiting, restrictive covenants such as non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, reverse engineering claims, trade dress, customer and patient lists, and domain name rights. He represents clients engaged in manufacturing, technology, entertainment, food, medicines, distribution, and sales, among others.
Mr. Young is also a professional mediator who has written and lectured on mediation and dispute resolution topics. He is a Fellow with the International Academy of Mediators, and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Southern California Law School, teaching negotiations and mediation. He has resolved numerous disputes in his practice areas of intellectual property and employment.
For more information about Mr. Young`s practice, or to read more of his articles, please go to www.wbcounsel.com/mediation or his blog at www.ipadrblog.com.
Education
University of Southern California Law Center, J.D., 1985
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 1981
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member of National, State, and Local Bar Associations
Adjunct Professor, USC Law School, Negotiations and ADR
Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
Member, USC Law School Annual Fund Executive Committee
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
"Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property
Recent Publications and Presentations
"Are Employee Emails and Text Messages Now Off Limits?," Weston Benshoof Alert, July 2008.
"Your First Encounter With A Non-Compete In California and the Delicate Distinction Between Solicitation and Announcements," Los Angeles County Bar Association, June 2008.
"Fair Use or Unfair Infringement," USC IP Institute Presentation.
"Negotiation Ethics: I Can Say That?" 4th Annual Film and Television Law Conference Presentation.
"Mediation Advocacy" 80th California State Bar Convention Presentation.
"Mediation Gone Wild audio interview" Doug Noll of World Talk Radio`s "Fix Your Conflicts" discusses the Joseph Francis ("Girls Gone Wild" founder) case with Weston Benshoof`s Michael D. Young.
"Fair Use Settlement or a Mediation Heist? How a Stanford English Professor Settled a Copyright Action," Dispute Resolution Magazine.
"Mediation Gone Wild: How Three Minutes Put An ADR Party Behind Bars" Alternatives.
"Understated Mediator Succeeds Under Fire," Los Angeles Daily Journal.
"Tips for Enforcing Mediated Settlements," California Lawyer Magazine.
"Courts Compete to Rule on Non-Competes," California Law Business.
"Bottom Line Negotiating," Los Angeles Daily Journal.
"Economic Espionage," State Bar Presentation.
"Gray Areas In Mediation," IAM Panel Presentation.
Sexual Harassment Seminar, SES.
"Art of Negotiation," California Law Business.
"Ethical Issues and Moral Dilemmas," IAM Panel Presentation. |
