Kurt Young

Kurt Young is a 1990 graduate of the University of Akron with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a 1993 Graduate of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio and the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Kurt is an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Specialist in Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law. He has argued over 19,000 hearings before all levels of the Industrial Commission of Ohio and has litigated hundreds of cases before various Courts of Common Pleas and District Courts of Appeals throughout Ohio and has over two dozen published Court of Appeals and a dozen Ohio Supreme Court decisions.

From 2005-2007, Kurt Young was named as an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star. From 2015 to the present Editions, he was named an Ohio Super Lawyer, recognizing him as one of the Top 5 % of Ohio’s attorneys in the area of Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law. He has been rated as Superb, 10/10 by the lawyer rating website Avvo and is ranked as “Notable” by Martindale-Hubble Attorney rating service, recognizing him as one of the highest rated attorneys in both skill & ethics.

He was the longest serving Chair of Toledo Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Committee, Past Chair of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers’ Workers’ Compensation Executive Committee, Past Ohio Captain of the Work Injury Law & Advocacy Group (national workers’ compensation attorneys organization) and a member of the Ohio State Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee, and past member of the American Association for Justice Work Place Injury Committee.

Kurt is an active participant in the political system of Ohio. He is a current Member of the Lucas County Board of Elections, former Chair of the Lucas County Democratic Party, former Executive Committee Member of the Ohio Democratic Party, and a former Toledo City Council Member.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

J.D. (1993) | Law

1990 - 1993

Activities: Journal of International Law, Student Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Chapter Justice, Research Analysis and Writing Upper Class Sponsor. Student Bar Association OSBA liaison

University of Akron

B.A. (1990) | Political Science

1986 - 1990

Honors: Dean's List College of Arts & Sciences; Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honorary).

Activities: Associated Student Government, Executive Justice, Student Superior Court; College Democrats President;

Owner

Law Offices of Kurt M. Young, LLC

2004 - Current

At Large Council Member

Toledo City Council

2017 - 2018

Ohio Workers' Compensation Law Specialist

Ohio State Bar Association

Finalist

Toledo 20 Under 40

2007

Friend of the Community Award Winner

Toledo GLU

2005

Patrick Henry Award Winner

Leadership Toledo

2003

Ohio Association for Justice

Board Member and Former Workers' Compensation Chair

1995 - Current

Toledo Bar Association

Former Workers' Compensation Chair

1994 - Current

Ohio State Bar

Member

1993 - Current

Activities: Member Workers' Compensation Committee

Ohio

Since 1993

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2014

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