Atty. Gordon C. Young
Gordon Young is a 24-year litigator, specializing in financial, trust and securities litigation. Gordon tries and arbitrates cases for trustees, beneficiaries, financial professionals, investment advisors, stock brokers, Wall Street banks, and broker-dealers.
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Gordon C. Young is a Partner based in Danville, California, practicing at Barr & Douds Attorneys. They have 34+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1992. Their practice focuses on estate litigation and litigation. Admitted to practice in California Bar Association (1992). Educated at St. Mary's College of California (Bachelor, 1988). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of SIFMA, Contra Costa Bar Association, Securities Industry Financial Market Association. Serands clients in Danville, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gordon Young is a 24-year litigator, specializing in financial, trust and securities litigation
- Gordon tries and arbitrates cases for trustees, beneficiaries, financial professionals, investment advisors, stock brokers, Wall Street banks, and broker-dealers
- These cases include civil, probate and regulatory claims based on breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, fraud, suitability, mismanagement of mutual funds and managed accounts, the prudent investor rule, as well as employee promissory notes, up-front loans, raiding, trade secret, unfair competition and related employment claims
- Gordon has successfully assisted numerous investment professionals with FINRA related expungement actions
- Gordon has been recognized eleven times as a Northern California SuperLawyer for his work in securities litigation, four times by Best Lawyers for his work in product liability, and he has been peer rated AV Preeminent (the highest rating possible) by Martindale Hubble
- Gordon has successfully handled hundreds of cases and tried or arbitrated more than 75 cases to conclusion
- Before forming Barr & Young with his longtime friend Loren Barr, Gordon spent more than two decades practicing with an international law firm in San Francisco
- He was a partner/shareholder for thirteen years, and oversaw attorney hiring and associate supervision for the San Francisco office
- Gordon graduated from St. Mary's College in 1988 where he served as student body vice president and played four years of collegiate rugby
- He graduated in December 1991 from the University of San Francisco School of Law
- While at USF, Gordon was chosen by a panel of judges that included California Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin, former Ninth Circuit Judge Cecil F. Poole, and former Chief Judge of the USDC for the Northern District of California Vaughn R. Walker as the winner of the school-wide moot court Advocate of the Year competition
- Gordon resides in Orinda with his wife and five children
- He has served on the advisory boards of Santa Maria Catholic Church in Orinda, St. Perpetua School in Lafayette and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Oakland-East Bay
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Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Danville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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