Michael D. Young, Esq.

T: 212-751-2700

F: 212-751-4099

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George Cuervos
JAMS
620 Eighth Avenue
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New York, NY 10018
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F: 212-751-4099

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Young featured in JAMS mediation video

Recognized in 2017 and 2016 by Chambers and Partners as one of the seven mediators in the United States in "Band One” and described by Chambers as a “very talented yet very humble” mediator who “enjoys considerable repute as a standout mediator of challenging disputes”

Recognized in 2017 by American Law Media (ALM) as an “ADR Champion.”

Recognized since 2014, including 2017, in "International Who's Who In Insurance and Reinsurance" and recognized since 2013, including 2017, as one of the best mediators from around the world in the "International Who's Who in Commercial Mediation," including the following references:” … is recognized for his conciliatory and diplomatic approach to disputes” and "... viewed as 'the king of financial services mediation' according to admiring peers."

Recognized since 2006 by various law-related periodicals as one of the "Best Lawyers in America," as a "Super Lawyer," and, by Lawdragon as "One of the Top Neutrals/Private Judges in the U.S."

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Intellectual Property

Since joining JAMS as a full-time neutral in 1989, Mr. Young has conducted over 1,250 complex or multi-party mediations and arbitrations in over thirty states and abroad, and has been appointed as a mediator or special master (for discovery management or settlement implementation purposes) by various federal, state, and bankruptcy courts. Mr. Young is a member of the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, an elected fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and an elected “neutral” member of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers.

Mr. Young has successfully mediated or otherwise served as a neutral in many diverse types of intellectual property and entertainment-related cases.

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Representative Matters

Claim for copyright infringement and violation of "moral rights" statutes (under the laws of Puerto Rico and various Central and South American countries) brought by a composer and singer of Salsa music against a record producer
Contract dispute between record/CD company and producers of popular “reality” television show
Copyright infringement claim by photographer against the publishers of various golf-related books
Copyright infringement claim by song-writer against high profile band
Copyright infringement claim by a developer of a popular video game against the developer of another such game (also raising contract interpretation and patent issues)
Copyright infringement claim by playwright against producer of a popular movie
Copyright infringement claim by screen-writer against a studio that produced a popular movie
Copyright infringement claim, under NYS common law, regarding recordings of classical music
Member of a three-arbitrator panel in a Library of Congress Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel ("CARP") proceeding involving the allocation of a $200 million copyright royalty fund among various copyright holder claimant groups
Royalty disputes involving the rights to the music of a popular composer/conductor and the rights to the artwork of a popular children’s illustrator
Several patent cases, including one involving MRI technology and another involving cable television tuning mechanisms
Several trade secret cases, including one involving the alleged taking of aerospace technology information
Trademark infringement case involving the marks to a popular fashion line
Trademark infringement claim relating to marks on pre-paid telephone cards
Various contract disputes involving computer software and the design of web sites, including a claim by a professional sports league against the consultant who designed and built its web site, and various other disputes involving high tech companies or technology-related issues, including employment matters brought by workers in the high tech field

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

Member of College of Commercial Arbitrators and College of Labor & Employment Lawyers (“neutral member”), as well as various U.S. bar associations
Lecturer about dispute resolution topics at programs conducted by the American Bar Association, College of Commercial Arbitrators, American Corporate Counsel Association, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, and American Law Institute
Various articles published in New York Law Journal, National Law Journal, Mealey’s Emerging Securities Litigation, Cardozo Law School Dispute Resolution Journal and Metropolitan Corporate Counsel regarding dispute resolution topics

Background and Education

Between 1978 and 1989, practiced as a litigator in both public and private sectors
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1978
A.B., with honors, Brown University, 1975

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