 Jeffrey N. Young
Topsham, Maine
Partner, since
1988
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JEFFREY NEIL YOUNG is a graduate of Brown University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and the state and federal courts in Maine, the District of Columbia, and Maryland as well as the First, Second, Fourth and Ninth Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeal. Jeff is a member of the Maine State Bar Association, Maine Employment Lawyers Association, Maine Civil Liberties Union and National Employment Lawyers Association. He currently is co-chair of the Maine State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law section. In 2007, Jeff was named the Disability Rights Center's Lawyer of the Year. He also was one of only two Maine lawyers named as a Super Lawyer for Plaintiffs - Employment Discrimination. His practice is limited to representing employees and unions in employment disputes, concentrating on age, sex, race and disability discrimination matters as well as wage and hour and ERISA (pension) matters. Jeff serves as a chapter editor for BNA's Employment Discrimination Law treatise and has been recognized by his peers in Who's Who and Chambers USA. He is a frequent lecturer and teacher on employment-related topics, including at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Maryland. Prior to joining McTeague Higbee, he worked as a lawyer in Washington, DC and before that as a union organizer for the Service Employees International Union. He is also an avid Cleveland Indians fan.
- Civil Rights
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Labor Law
- Employment Law- Employee
- Employee Benefits
- Maine, 1988
- District of Columbia, 1982
- Maryland, 1983
- U.S. District Court District of Maine, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2004
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio,
1982
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island,
1976
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Warren v. United Parcel Service, 518 F.3d 93
(1st Cir. 2008)
- Syverson et al. v. IBM, 472 F.3d 1072
(9th Cir. 2007)
- Romano v. U-Haul International, 233 F.3d 655
(1st Cir. 2000)
- Harding v. Cianbro Corp., 436 F.Supp.2d 153
(D.Me. 2006)
- Farrington v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 2003 WL 278172
(D.Me. 2003)
- Carrier v. JPB Enterprises, 206 F.R.D. 332
(D.Me. 2002)
- Garrett v. Tandy Corp., 295 F.3d 94
(1st Cir. 2002)
- Brunelle v. Cyro Industries, 2003 WL 21032016
(D.Me. 2003)
- Local 1253, IBEW v. S/L Construction, 217 F.Supp.2d 125
(D.Me. 2002)
- Quint v. A.E. Staley Mfg., 245 F.Supp.2d 162
(D.Me. 2003)
- Maine State Employees Association
- New Hampshire State Employees Association
- Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council
- International Association of Firefighters locals
- Labor Studies, George Meany Ctr., Washington, D.C.,
1986
- Present
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section,
1999
- Present
- Member
- National Employment Lawyers Association,
1995
- Present
- Member
- Maine State Bar,
1988
- Present
- Member
- Maine Civil Liberties Union
- Member
- Maine Employment Lawyers Association,
1998
- Present
- Member
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