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Michael W. Young 
Salt Lake City, Utah
phone 801-532-1234
fax 801-536-6111
email MYoung@parsonsbehle.com
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Michael Young is a member of Parsons Behle & Latimer's Litigation department concentrating on complex commercial, intellectual property, products liability, mass tort, and personal injury litigation. Before joining Parsons Behle & Latimer he worked in the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia & Herzegovina: War Crimes Department.

Michael graduated from the University of Utah in 2005 with a bachelor of arts in political science and a bachelor of arts in philosophy.  He received his juris doctor from New York University.  During law school he was a student policy advocate at the Brennan Center for Justice focusing on monitoring and improving state court standards regarding judicial recusal.

Areas of Practice:
Litigation & Appeals
Commercial Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Trade Secret Litigation
Products Liability
Mass Torts
Personal Injury
Bar Admissions:
Utah, 2009
U.S. District Court District of Utah, 2009
Education:
New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 2008
J.D.


University of Utah
B.A.
Major:  Philosophy
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
"Invigorating Judicial Disqualification: Ten Potential Reforms", Judicature Vol. 92, No. 1, co-authored with J. Sample and D. Pozen, 2008


"Fair Courts: Setting Recusal Standards", Brennan Center for Justice Publications, co-authored with J. Sample and D. Pozen, 2008


"The Scope of a Nurse's Duty of Care in Utah.", Utah Trial Journal Vol. 33, No. 2, co-authored with M. Worel and D. Wirtes, 2010; reprinted with permission in Utah Nurse Vol. 20, No. 1, 2011