Since 1997, Mr. Young has represented plaintiffs involved in serious personal injury cases. Mr. Young has a strong background in litigation and appeals. In 2005, Mr. Young successfully argued a significant premises liability case on behalf of a seriously injured plaintiff before the California Supreme Court, Delgado v. Trax Bar & Grill (2005) 36 Cal.4th 224, which established that California merchants have a special relationship-based duty of care to protect their customers from the wrongful acts of other customers. Mr. Young also won an appeal in another premises liability case, Mata v. Mata (2003) 105 Cal.App.4th 1121, which involved an innocent bystander who was shot by an assailant in a bar due to negligent security.
Because of his extensive experience in the field of premises liability, Thomson Reuters, the premier legal publisher in the U.S., asked Mr. Young to author an article for its Causes of Action series. The article is entitled "Cause of Action Against Tavern Owners, Restaurants, And Similar Businesses For Injuries Caused To Patrons By The Criminal Acts Of Others," which can be found at 26 Causes of Action 2d 1 (2004, updated Oct. 2014). The article contains a nationwide, state-by-state summary of the law of third-party premises liability and has been cited by attorneys around the country as a one-of-a-kind, go-to resource.
Mr. Young frequently teaches courses in legal research and legal technology to law students and students seeking a paralegal degree. He has also taught appellate advocacy at Golden Gate University School of Law and pre-trial civil procedure at John F. Kennedy School of Law. Mr. Young authors a quarterly column for the Sonoma County Bar Association called "Legal Tech-nicalities." He is often a guest author for the One Legal blog, and he maintains several blogs of his own.
When he is not lawyering, Mr. Young is active in animal rights causes and enjoys spending time with his spouse and 3 rescue dogs, Buster, Dash, and Loki.
- Univ of Illinois
- Undergraduate Degree
- Golden Gate Univ School of Law
- Law Degree
- Adjunct Instructor
- Center for Advanced Legal Studies
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- Adjunct instructor teaching legal research & writing and legal technology courses
- Attorney/Owner
- Young Law Group
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- Young Law Group is an aggressive personal injury law firm serving clients throughout Northern California
- Adjunct Instructor
- Empire College
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- Adjunct instructor teaching advanced legal research and writing, discovery, and e-discovery
- Adjunct Instructor
- Santa Rosa Junior College
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- Adjunct instructor of paralegal studies, teaching Legal Writing, Law Office Technology, and Business Law
- Senior Associate
- Daniel Crowley & Associates
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- Practiced as senior associate for small, boutique law firm handling a variety of civil litigation matters on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants
- Principal/Attorney
- Law Offices of Eric G. Young
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- Private practice focused on personal injury and employment litigation and appeals.
- Adjunct Professor of Law
- John F. Kennedy University School of Law
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- Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching Legal Writing and Law & Motion Practice to upper division law students
- Adjunct Instructor
- California State University - Sonoma State University
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- Adjunct instructor in the Attorney Assistant Program, teaching Legal Writing, Law & Motion Practice, and Legal Research. I taught in the program until the program closed in 2006.
- Do Android Lawyers Dream of Human Clients?
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- 25 Years of Legal Tech: Where Have We Been?
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Effective Utilization of Paralegals, LegalUp
- InfoTrak/One Legal
- Speaker at annual conference of rules and regulations for attorneys who use paralegals to deliver legal services to clients.
- Emerging Ethical Dilemmas When Working Remotely, LegalUp
- InfoTrak/One Legal
- Principal speaker at annual conference on ethical issues related to attorneys working remotely and how to avoid pitfalls.
- E-Discovery, Part III of III, Production and Presentation
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Part III in a 3-part MCLE series on the topic of e-discovery in which I was a panel presenter.
- E-Discovery, Part II of III, Collecting & Processing Electronically Stored Information
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Part II in a 3-part MCLE series on the topic of e-discovery in which I was a panel presenter.
- E-Discovery, Part I of III, Identifying, Preserving & Collecting Electronically Stored Information
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Part I in a 3-part MCLE series on the topic of e-discovery in which I was a panel presenter.
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- - Current
- American Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Member
- - Current
- California State Bar  # 190104
- Member
- - Current
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Member
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- California
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Police Misconduct
- Assault and Battery
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Q. Suing a staff who lives and works locally but his company is located in another state, State Court or Federal Court?
- A: You provided a lot of information and good questions, but there is still a lot of unknowns here.
As a general rule, a company is responsible for the negligent acts of their employees. However, unless an employee was acting in the course and scope of their employment at the time they committed an intentional act, a company is not typically liable for intentional acts by employees. You will find cases where the courts do impose liability for intentional acts, but minimally, the employee must have been doing something that was somehow benefitting the employer. The Mary M. v. County of Los Angeles case is a good example, where a police officer pulls a lady over for some traffic violation, directs ... Read More
- Q. How does it go with when a lawyer who’s going after a insurance with 100k insurance policy But I don’t understand
- A: I think you are raising legitimate concerns, and you are voicing a common problem clients have with their lawyers, which is a lack of communication, whether it be communication about the status of the case or simply providing education about options and outcomes. It is unfortunate because, in my opinion, a lawyer's job requires both advocacy for the client as well as counseling the client.
Let's try to unpack the information you provided:
First, the type of injuries you described are quite common in personal injury cases. Your attorney should be able to at least give you a range of potential settlement outcomes as well as what to expect in fees, costs and delay if your case went ... Read More
- Q. I have filed a civil case for personal injury on my own. But I’m not sure about serving the other party and the summons?
- A: I concur with the others who answered your question, but I would also add that you should check with your local bar association. Many county bar associations operate lawyer referral services that can pair you up with an attorney who may be willing to take on your case, or perhaps, even assist you behind the scenes for a lesser fee.
No one should attempt to represent themselves in any type of civil litigation. There are many pitfalls for the unwary. And, in all likelihood, you will be dealing with a defense attorney(s) who will do whatever they can to take advantage of the situation. Find someone to help you.