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Charles E. Young Jr. Chuck Young

Charles E. Young Jr.
Partner
Suite 2500 First Tennessee Plaza
Knoxville, TN 37929
T 865 525 5134
F 865 522 5723
ceyoung@kramer-rayson.com

Education
  • University of Tennessee, J.D.
    Summa Cum Laude
  • Dartmouth College, B.A.
    English, Cum Laude
Admitted
  • State Bar of Tennessee
  • State Bar of Georgia
Memberships
  • Knoxville Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Inns of Court, Hamilton Burnett Chapter
  • The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production 
Honors and Achievements
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2009-2010
  • Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class of 2009
  • Adjunct Professor, UT College of Law, 2009-2010
  • Listed in Knoxville's Best Lawyers in City View magazine, 2008-2009
  • Twice received national writing awards from the Associated Press
  • Best oralist award in UT's mock trial competition
  • Order of the Coif
  • Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review
  • Tennessee Bar Journal 2004 Outstanding Legal Writing Award
  • 2006 Knoxville Bar Association President's Award Winner for service to the local bar
  • City View - 2009 Top Attorney in Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment
  • 2009 Knoxville Bar Association Dicta Award Winner for best article
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Chuck Young has represented individual and corporate clients in complex litigation involving commercial, employment, technology, privacy, and intellectual property issues in a broad range of industries.  He is also a frequent writer and speaker on electronic discovery issues and a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production.

Raised in Knoxville, Mr. Young received his B.A., cum laude, in English from Dartmouth College and his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Before attending law school, Mr. Young was a sports reporter for the Concord Monitor daily newspaper in Concord, New Hampshire, and he twice received national writing awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors. While at Tennessee, he was the Student Materials Editor of the Tennessee Law Review. In addition, he earned the Best Oralist Award while winning the school’s mock trial competition and he was a member of the Order of the Coif.  In September 2009, City View named him as a Top Knoxville Attorney in Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Young served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bailey Brown of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Memphis, Tennessee, and he practiced with the Atlanta law firm Alston & Bird LLP, where he was chosen for the interdisciplinary team of lawyers representing the court-appointed independent examiner in the Enron Corporation bankruptcy.  He regularly publishes and speaks on law and technology issues.
 

Presentations

2010

Feb. 4: "E-Discovery Workshop,” Federal Bar Association CLE, Chattanooga (with U.S. Magistrate Judge Cliff Shirley and forensic technology expert Bill Dean)

Apr. 16: "E-Discovery Unmasked," Knoxville Bar Association Law Practice Today Expo 

May 14: "E-Discovery Workshop,” Knoxville Bar Association Federal Bench & Bar CLE, Knoxville (with U.S. Magistrate Judge Cliff Shirley and forensic technology expert Bill Dean)

May 25: "E-Discovery Workshop,” Chief Information Security Officers' Roundtable, Knoxville (with forensic technology expert Bill Dean)

June 8: "Cubicle Confidential: The Myths of Workplace Privacy," Tennessee Society of CPAs, Knoxville Chapter

October 7: "Cubicle Confidential: The Myths of Workplace Privacy," Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville

2009

“Ethical Issues in Legal Technology and Office Management,” TALS – Legal Professionals of Tennessee Convention, Knoxville

“E-Discovery 101,” Tennessee Attorneys Memo webcast CLE

“E-Discovery Workshop,” Tennessee Bar Association CLE, Knoxville (with U.S. Magistrate Judge Cliff Shirley and forensic technology expert Bill Dean)

"Clients, Costs and You:  Cost-Effective Pretrial Litigation Strategies," Knoxville Bar Association CLE, Knoxville

"Technology Trends," Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville; Tennessee Society of CPAs, Knoxville Chapter; and National Association of Purchasing Managers, East Tennessee Chapter 

"Electronic Discovery in Tennessee," Tennessee Attorneys Memo live CLE, Knoxville

2008

“Weapons of Mass Documentation,” Knoxville Bar Association Law Tech Expo

“Tech Tools for Successful Case Scrutiny,” Knoxville Bar Association Law Tech Expo

“Electronic Discovery: The Basics,” Tennessee Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section CLE, Nashville

“Nuts and Bolts of Electronic Discovery,” Tennessee Bar Association CLE, Knoxville

“Ethics of Electronic Discovery,” Tennessee Bar Association CLE, Knoxville

“If You Leave – The Family and Medical Leave Act,” Tennessee Chamber of Commerce CLE, Knoxville

“Cybermanager 2.0 SFW: Managing Employees’ Online Conduct,” Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville

2007


“Protecting Your Organization and Yourself from Liability Risks: Preventing Manager Missteps and Identifying Individual Exposure,"
Council on Education in Management Family & Medical Leave Act Seminar, Knoxville

"The Corporate Lawyer's E-Discovery Survival Kit,"
Knoxville Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section CLE

"Litigation Goes Electronic,"
Innovation Valley Technology Council

"Internet and Technology Law,"
Smoky Mountain Paralegal Association

"Security Issues for E-Mail and Electronic Communications,"
Knoxville Bar Association and Knoxville Association of Legal Administrators CLE

"Required Electronic Recordkeeping and Discovery Issues Under the Newly Amended Federal Rules,"
Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar

2006

“Identity Theft,”
Knoxville Bar Association Community Law School and Chattanooga Bar Association Legal Tech Expo


“Practicing Safe Computing: How to Avoid Committing Malpractice with Your Computer,”
Knoxville Bar Association Legal Tech Expo CLE and Chattanooga Bar Association Legal Tech Expo
 
“Employee Electronic Privacy Perils,"
Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville
 
"OK Computer: Avoiding Malpractice, Conducting Discovery, and Assessing Privacy in a Wired World,"
Sobieski Messer & Chapman Firm Retreat
 
"An Early Holiday Present: Electronic Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,"
Knoxville Bar Association CLE
 
2005
 
“The New Department Of Labor Wage & Hour Regulations,”
Knoxville Bar Association CLE


“Electronic Communications with Clients: Some Less Obvious Traps,”
Knoxville Bar Association CLE


"Identity Theft,"
Knoxville Bar Association Community Law School


"Employment Information Management - The First Line of Defense,"
Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville


"The Metadata Menace: Ethical and Practical Issues,"
Knoxville Bar Association CLE and Eastern District of Tennessee Federal Government Attorneys' CLE
 
2004
 
“Trade Dress Basics: IP’s Tertium Quid,”
TennBarU Intellectual Property Forum, Nashville


“Employment Contracts: Addressing Competition, Confidentiality, Intellectual Property, and Other Concerns,”
Kramer Rayson Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville
 
2003
 
“On-Line Contract and Business Issues,”
Knoxville Bar Association CLE


“Causes of Action Arising From Computer Transactions,”
Knoxville Bar Association CLE


Published Articles

"Open Season: Can You Protect Your Client's Trademark from Cyber Mud Slingers?" Tennessee Bar Journal, April 2004

Where In The World Can You Be Sued?Knoxville Business Journal, May 2007

Qualcomm v. Broadcom: The latest e-discovery nightmare,” Dicta magazine, April 2008

“The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Time in a Bottle,” Knoxville Chamber of Commerce white paper, March 2009

“Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure E-discovery Amendments,” Dicta magazine, May 2009

“You Have a Duty to Google,” Dicta magazine, June 2009

“E-Discovery Update,” Dicta magazine, December 2009