Young M. Christopher

Christopher M. Young

Of Counsel

Office Phone

202.367.7805

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2017
    • Books Review Chair, Harvard Law Review
    • Harvard Business School, CORe: Credential of Readiness, with Honors, 2016
  • Yale University, B.A., 2009

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk, Judge Robert E. Bacharach, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2018-2019
  • Law Clerk, Judge Lance M. Africk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2017-2018

Admitted

  • 2018, District of Columbia

Christopher M. Young represents clients in complex commercial litigation and high-stakes regulatory proceedings, and has particular experience in sovereign immunity and related jurisdictional issues, telecommunications, and media law.

Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert R. Bacharach on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and to the Honorable Lance M. Africk on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.  He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was the Books Review Chair for the Harvard Law Review.  While studying at Harvard Law School, he also earned the CORe: Credential of Readiness from Harvard Business School, passing with Honors.  Chris earned his undergraduate degree in history from Yale University.

Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • Developments in the Law—Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories:  Territorial Federalism, 130 Harv. L. Rev. 1632 (2017)
  • Note, War, Peace, and National Security in the Pacific:  U.S. and Japanese Geostrategic Constitutionalism, and the Creation of the Japanese Constitution of 1947, 11 U. Penn. Asian L. Rev. 439 (2016)
  • The Supreme Court, 2015 Term—Leading Cases:  Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, 130 Harv. L. Rev. 347 (2016)
  • Recent Adjudication:  Complainant v. Foxx, 129 Harv. L. Rev. 618 (2015)