Michael D. Young, Esq. has conducted approximately 2500 complex or multi-party mediations and arbitrations in the United States, UK and various countries in Europe, including approximately 350 arbitrations or other binding dispute resolution proceedings. While he has mediated and arbitrated all types of disputes, he currently focuses his practice on cross-border disputes of all kinds, on business and commercial cases, and on insurance coverage matters.
Mr. Young has been recognized by various U.S. and international publications as one of the most skilled and widely respected mediators and arbitrators in the United States. Specifically, Best Lawyers chose him as “Lawyer of the Year” for Arbitration (New York City) for 2024 and 2021, and as “Lawyer of the Year” for Mediation (New York City) for 2019. Chambers and Partners identified Mr. Young as one of the top mediators in the United States and bestowed its highest ranking (Band One) on him from 2016-2023. Chambers has noted “his deft, subtle handling of mediations…” and his reputation as that of a “very talented yet very humble” mediator who “enjoys a strong reputation for his expert understanding of complex insurance and class action disputes, as well as a wide range of other matters.” Finally, he has been recognized in Who’s Who Legal for Commercial Mediation since 2014 (noting that he “receives praise internationally as a standout practitioner,” and is recognized for his “conciliatory and diplomatic approach to disputes”) and, by the same publication, as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” in 2022.
Mr. Young is a 1978 Harvard Law School graduate and spends part of his year in New York and part of his year in Jerusalem.
