Christopher J. Young

Christopher K. L. Young specializes in antitrust and class action litigation. He approaches his practice with a diligent and creative attitude while providing clients with high-quality legal representation. He was promoted to the firms partnership in 2023. Chriss professional qualifications are exemplified by his invaluable work on the Capacitors Price-Fixing Antitrust Litigation trial. As a leading associate (the firm is Sole Lead Counsel), he played a vital role in coordinating this massive price-fixing litigation as the firm litigated summary judgment, tried the case in 2020 for two weeks (before the pandemic caused a mistrial), and then commenced a November-December 2021 retrial. Chris had primary responsibilities for drafting and negotiating pretrial filings such as jury instructions and motions in limine, presenting evidence to the jury, and playing critical roles in nearly all other aspects of both trials. He has also been a leader in achieving final approval of settlements taking place from 2020 to 2023. In addition to his duties for the firm, Chris volunteers for the Federal Pro Bono Project of the Bar Association of San Francisco. In a recent pro bono civil rights matter, he briefed and argued motions for summary judgment which led to a settlement that included significant monetary consideration and nonmonetary consideration that would have been unavailable as relief if the firm had prevailed at trial. In 2021, he was one of the speakers at a webinar co-sponsored by the Bar Association of San Franciscos Justice and Diversity Center, the Asian Law Alliance, and the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California: What Can I Do as a Pro Bono Attorney in the Northern District? Since 2021, Chris has been selected by Super Lawyers as a Northern California Rising Star in the antitrust litigation practice area. He has likewise been honored as one of the Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar in the National Law Journals Elite Trial Lawyer Awards (2022), as one of the Lawyers on the Fast Track (Under 40) in the Recorders California Legal Awards (2022), for an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer by the American Antitrust Institute (2022), by the California Lawyers Association as a Lawyer to Watch (2023), for the California Daily Journals 40 Under 40 list (2023), by Best Lawyers as One to Watch (2023-present), and by Lawdragon for its 500 X - The Next Generation guide (2023-present). In 2024, the Legal 500 named him as one of its elite Next Generation Partners.