Overview
Seth Young litigates healthcare, data breach, class action, antitrust, and toxic tort disputes at both the trial and appellate levels across the United States.
Before joining the firm Seth clerked for Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. on the Southern District of Texas and now Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock on the Texas Supreme Court.
Results
- Successfully prepared for trial and negotiated favorable settlement for healthcare client alleged to have violated Texas health statute
- Handled motions for class certification and responses to motions to dismiss and to compel arbitration in putative class actions challenging parking fee collections*
- Drafted petition for review and reply in Texas Supreme Court matter seeking vacatur of arbitration award for evident partiality*
- Managed discovery and summary judgment preparation in suit alleging underpayment by a mineral lease operator to a royalty trust*
- Successfully obtained the lifting of a default judgement in a civil forfeiture action before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit*
- Represented a healthcare company in multidistrict litigation, seeking to compel plaintiffs to arbitration and dismiss others
- Prevailed in a lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional municipal zoning ordinance in South Carolina state court*
- Litigated a case involving a ship captain’s challenge to the Coast Guard’s delegation of Great Lakes harbor pilot registration to a for-profit private entity, before the US District Court for the District of Columbia*
- Appealed the dismissal of a challenge to Colorado’s certificate-of-need law for transportation businesses to the Colorado Court of Appeals*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte
Credentials
Education
The University of Texas School of Law, JD, 2020
Texas A&M University, BA, summa cum laude, 2016
Admissions
Texas
Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
US District Court for the Western District of Texas
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
