Seth Young

Associate

Seth Young litigates complex commercial disputes with a focus on oil & gas matters. Seth gained significant knowledge of litigation and the courts from his time working for judges and litigating nationwide at both the trial and appellate level.  Specifically, Seth clerked for Justice Jimmy Blacklock on the Texas Supreme Court and Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.  He also spent two years litigating cutting-edge constitutional cases from the Washington D.C. headquarters of the Institute for Justice. In law school, Seth served as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Law & Technology at Texas and interned for the Texas Office of the Solicitor General and U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew W. Austin.

  • Obtained the lifting of a default judgment in a civil forfeiture action from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as second chair.
  • Prevailed in suit challenging an unconstitutional municipal zoning ordinance closing all truck rentals before a South Carolina state court, as second chair.
  • Litigated 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 U.S. District Court for the District of D.C., as second chair.
  • Appealed the dismissal of a challenge to Colorado’s certificate-of-need law for transportation businesses to the Colorado Court of Appeals, as second chair.

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Clerkships/Judicial Internships

  • Law clerk to the Hon. Jimmy Blacklock, Texas Supreme Court
  • Law clerk to the Hon. Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2020)
    • Journal of Law & Technology at Texas, Managing Editor
  • Texas A&M University (B.B.A., 2016)

  • Note, An Act of State Oddity: Philippine National Bank v. U.S. District Court, 39 Rev. Litig. 489 (2020)