ttorney Gary Young has twenty-five years' experience in civil litigation and dispute resolution, including professional malpractice, business disputes, franchise and dealer disputes, environmental litigation, insurance defense, and complex litigation. In 1998, he won the first reported treble damage award for a motor vehicle distributor under Wisconsin's Motor Vehicle Dealer Law. In 2001, he successfully represented a psychiatrist in a multi-million dollar dispute with the psychiatrist's liability insurer.

Young graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, which admitted him to the Order of the Coif and awarded him the Salmon W. Dalberg Prize for the outstanding graduating law student. After clerking with Justice (now Chief Justice) Shirley S. Abrahamson of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and practicing law for eighteen years with the Madison law firm Stafford Rosenbaum. Young began solo practice in 1998 as the Law Offices of Gary M. Young.

Young is the author of "The Chevron Decision: Unanswered Questions In Accounting Malpractice Law," Wisconsin Lawyer, May, 1994, and "Malpractice Risks of Collaborative Divorce," Wisconsin Lawyer, May, 2002. He co-authored Accounting Malpractice Law in Wisconsin (1995), for which he wrote eight chapters. He has created and taught a course on Professional Liability Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and presented seminars and workshops on professional liability to a variety of professionals in Wisconsin. In proceedings before Wisconsin examining boards, he has represented professionals including psychologists, social workers, professional counselors, and creative arts therapists.

As a solo practitioner, Young can provide cost-effective and flexible legal services, capitalizing on state-of-the-art computer and technical equipment, computerized and on-line legal research, teleconferencing, and investigative capabilities, and access to quality lawyers and support staff for complex or intensive litigation requiring a team approach -- a "virtual law firm" tailored to the specific needs of clients.

Young is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, and is admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Dane County Bar Association.

Young has served the Token Creek Festival since its inception in 1989 as attorney, secretary, treasurer and board member, and has provided pro bono legal services to other non-profit organizations in the Madison area. He is married to Linda Roberson, a shareholder at the Madison law firm Balisle & Roberson, S.C. They have three children.