Mr. Young has conducted over 350 arbitrations and over 2300 mediations in over thirty states and abroad. He specializes in commercial, financial services, professional liability, cross-border and insurance coverage disputes.
Experience
Mr. Young has conducted over 350 arbitrations, appraisals and other binding dispute resolution processes, as well as over 2300 mostly complex or multi-party mediations, in over thirty states and abroad (including in the UK, Spain, Italy and Israel). In addition to conducting arbitrations and mediations, Mr. Young also serves as a mediator/arbitrator in various types of disputes; a neutral evaluator in non-binding evaluations of various types of claims; an ’arbitrator’ in mock arbitrations conducted by one of the parties to a case; and a discovery master in both court cases and complex arbitrations (in which he is not the arbitrator). Mr. Young specializes in the resolution of commercial, financial services, cross-border and insurance coverage disputes, and has also conducted multiple arbitrations relating to construction, intellectual property, employment, and professional liability matters and issues. He has been recognized by various publications as a widely respected neutral, including being identified by Chambers and Partners between 2016 and 2025 as one of a small number of Band One mediators in the U.S., and by Best Lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” for Arbitration (New York City) for 2024 and 2021 and “Lawyer of the Year” for Mediation (New York City) for 2019.
Work History
Prior to becoming a full-time neutral in 1989, Mr. Young practiced law in both the public and private sectors as both a litigator and a senior government attorney.
Cases
Mr. Young’s resume on the JAMS web-site (https://www.jamsadr.com/young/arbitration) should be consulted for a list of representative cases.
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1978 Brown University, A.B., with honors, 1975
Publications
Various articles published in the New York Law Journal, National Law Journal and Metropolitan Corporate Counsel regarding dispute resolution topics
Awards
Mr. Young has been recognized in each year between 2016 and 2025 by Chambers and Partners as one of a small number of mediators in the United States in \"Band One.” In addition, since 2014, he has been recognized in \"International Who’s Who In Insurance and Reinsurance’\" as a leading insurance coverage neutral and has been recognized since 2013 as one of the best commercial mediators from around the world in the \"International Who’s Who in Commercial Mediation.\" He has been regularly recognized as a Best Lawyer and Super Lawyer in the ADR Specialty in the New York area and has also been recognized by LawDragon as one of the top private neutrals in the United States. Finally, he was chosen by Best Lawyers as the 2018 - 2019 \"Mediator of the Year\" in New York City and in both 2021 and 2024 as \"Arbitrator of the Year\" in New York City.
Panels
Although he is a full-time JAMS neutral, he also regularly serves on AAA, ICDR, ICC, and other arbitral organization panels as either a party-appointed arbitrator or the chairperson (such service is coordinated through JAMS) and is a member of the panel of arbitrators or neutrals of JAMS International, the Beijing Arbitration Commission, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Singapore International Mediation Center, Afghanistan Centre for Commercial Dispute Resolution and the Center for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in Israel.
