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Michael Young

Michael Young

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Bankruptcy; Business/Commercial; Class Action/Mass Tort; Entertainment and Sports; Financial Markets; Insurance Coverage; International/Cross-Border; and Securities

Career

Since joining JAMS as a full-time neutral in 1989, Michael D. Young, Esq. has conducted approximately 2250 complex or multi-party mediations and arbitrations in over thirty states (as well as in Puerto Rico) and abroad (such as in Rome, Madrid and Zurich), including approximately 325 arbitrations, appraisals or other binding dispute resolution proceedings.

He has mediated and arbitrated all types of disputes, and he currently focuses his practice on the mediation and arbitration of cross-border commercial cases and insurance coverage matters. In addition to serving on the JAMS domestic and International panels, Mr. Young is a member of the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and is a member of the panels of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, Singapore International Mediation Center and Center for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in Israel. He has arbitrated matters under the rules of most major arbitral institutions, including the ICC and ICDR.

Professional Memberships

Elected Fellow of College of Commercial Arbitrators

Elected Fellow of College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Mediators - USA - Nationwide

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Individual Editorial
New York-based Michael Young focuses on mediating a range of finance-related cases for clients and helps to settle disputes involving securities, antitrust and insurance coverage issues.

Construction: Mediators - New York

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Michael Young of JAMS is a nationally known and highly regarded mediator. He is recognized for his considerable experience mediating construction disputes.

Strengths

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  • He is well known and well thought of as a mediator.

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Ranked Individuals at JAMS (30)

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Florida

New York

New York: Upstate

Pennsylvania

USA - Nationwide

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