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Gordon Craig Young

Gordon Craig Young

  • Securities Law, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud, Probate ...
  • California
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Gordon Young is a 25-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.

Practice Areas
Securities Law
Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
Probate
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Arbitration & Mediation
Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Credit Cards Accepted
  • Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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Education
St Mary's Coll
Undergraduate Degree
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U of San Francisco School of Law
Law Degree
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Awards
Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
2012-Present
SuperLawyer
Superlawyers
2005, 2007-2017
A-V
Martindale Hubbell
2003-2017
Professional Associations
Securities Industry Financial Markets Association
Member
- Current
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Contra Costa Bar Association
Sustaining Member
- Current
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California State Bar  # 158100
Member
- Current
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Speaking Engagements
The New Fiduciary Standard, American Conference Institute, New York, New York
ACI
Arbitration Practitioners Workshop: Strategies from the Front Lines, SIFMA Law & Compliance Annual Seminar, Miami, Florida
Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association
Complex Products: Appropriate Cautions and Considerations, National Society of Compliance Professionals Regional Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
NSCP
Arbitration Practitioners Workshop: Strategies from the Front Lines, SIFMA Law & Compliance Annual Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona
Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association
Communications with the Public for Broker-Dealers, National Society of Compliance Professionals Regional Meeting, San Francisco, California
NSCP
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Website
Contact & Map
Barr & Young Attorneys
318-C Diablo Road
Danville, CA 94526
Telephone: (925) 314-9999