Mike Young

Professional mediator with Judicate West in California, and former employment and intellectual property litigation attorney with the Los Angeles office of Alston+Bird LLP. Extensive experience both litigating and mediating employment and intellectual property disputes of all varieties, including those involving discrimination, harassment, wage and hour class actions, etc., trade secrets, counterfeiting, restrictive covenants such as non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, reverse engineering claims, trade dress, customer and patient lists, trademarks, copyright, patent, and domain name rights. Recognized by peers as a "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property since 2005. In 20-plus year legal career, mediated, litigated, and tried hundreds of disputes involving employment, intellectual property, unfair competition, antitrust, and environmental issues. One of the principal bloggers on Intellectual Property ADR topics at www.ipadrblog.com. A former adjunct professor of law in Negotiation and ADR processes at the University of Southern California Law School, a position held for nearly a decade beginning in 1998; a member of the California State Bar's Standing Committee on ADR; and a Fellow with the International Academy of Mediators. Legal commentator on E! True Hollywood Story. Specialties: Employment and Intellectual Property dispute resolution, either as a mediator or litigator.