Alex’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including property disputes, contract claims, insurance recovery, business torts, and class action defense. Alex has extensive experience representing clients in a broad range of commercial disputes and has practiced in state and federal trial courts in California, and across the United States. Alex has litigated complex cases including wage and hour class actions and actions involving claims of breach of contract (including leases and purchase/sale contracts), fraud, negligent misrepresentation, insurance coverage disputes, violation of California’s consumer protection laws, tortious interference, nuisance, trespass, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, and negligence.

Alex is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California.

Alex serves as Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee for the California offices.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2004

BA, Duke University, 2001

• In representing a national bank, Ms. Young second-chaired a three week jury trial for breach of contract in Los Angeles Superior Court in February 2011. The case is now pending before the California Court of Appeal.
• Represented a leading videogame publisher in a suit brought by a joint venturer for access to the client's books and records in Delaware Chancery Court. The client prevailed after a bench trial, in a rare complete victory for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court, which summarily found for Ms. Young's client and upheld the Chancery Court's decision in full.
• Represented a premier Los Angeles law firm in pursuing a former client for breaching his representation agreement and failing to pay his legal bills. Ms. Young was successful in obtaining summary judgment in favor of her client.
• Represented a major record label in a suit brought by an independent music promoter for fraud, breach of contract, tortious interference, RICO, antitrust, and defamation. The case settled under extremely favorable terms shortly after filing summary judgment papers on behalf of the client.
• Represented a major national law firm involved in an adversary action before the Bankruptcy Court. The debtor (a defunct law firm), via its trustee, pursued recovery from multiple law firms for hiring partners who left the bankrupt firm before dissolution. The plaintiff asserted claims of conversion, accounting, unjust enrichment, and also sought recovery based on the "unfinished business doctrine" set forth in Jewel v. Boxer, 156 Cal. App. 3d 171 (1984). The court granted the client's motion to dismiss.
• Integral part of the team that analyzed the copyright chain-of-title for a competing motion picture studio's film library, which factored into the client's bid and eventual purchase of that collection.
• Represented a music television channel in a putative class action brought for the alleged lack of synchronization licenses in some of its programming. The case settled under terms favorable to the client.
• Represented a leading designer and manufacturer of lightweight headsets in locating and shutting down sales of knock-off headsets that infringe on the client's patent and trade dress rights. Successfully negotiated, drafted and finalized settlement agreements with multiple companies.

•  Member, American Bar Association

• Named as a “Rising Star” in Southern California, Super Lawyers, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
• Recipient, E. Randolph Williams Award, 2012

• The First Chink in the Armor? The Constitutionality of State Laws Burdening Judicial Candidates After Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 77 S. Cal. L. Rev. 430