Lawyers

Ms. Young chose to pursue a legal career after receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degree in religious studies at the University of Kansas. While attending Washington University of St. Louis, she won the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition and discovered a love of appellate practice.  Over the course of her career with Brown & James she has specialized in appellate practice and complex litigation. Ms. Young truly values the balance of appellate work with experience in litigation to better understand legal issues that arise in the trial court.

As an appellate attorney, Ms. Young has represented a wide variety of clients in every aspect of appellate practice. Within her specialty of insurance defense, she has worked with trial counsel in medical malpractice, construction, insurance fraud and coverage cases. Ms. Young’s appellate expertise has been utilized by trial counsel at every level of litigation, from drafting dispositive motions and presenting interlocutory appeals, to drafting appeals and arguing their case before appellate courts.

Alongside her appellate practice, Ms. Young takes on cases that fall into the category of complex litigation, including multi-party and multi-jurisdictional cases, as well as cases that contain intricate factual or legal issues.

Representative Appeals:

Janet Lunn v. Scott Anderson, M.D., et al., (Mo. App. E.D. 2009)(No. ED92395)

Steven A. Groves, et al., v. William Kelley d/b/a Heart of Missouri Auto Sales, (Mo. App. S.D.)(SD29475)

Elizabeth Mitchell v. Milton Kardesch, M.D., 2009 WL 1926423 (Mo. App. E.D. 2009)(ED91103)

Angela Martin, et al., v. Survivair Respirators, Inc., et al., 2009 WL 2366129 (Mo. App. E.D. 2009)(ED90885)

BMC Management, Inc., v. Earl S. Parrin, (Mo. App. E.D. 2009)(ED91403)

George Banks v. John Jordan, et al., (8th Cir. 2009)(08-3508)

Walter Huggins v. Fedex Ground Pagackage System, Inc., et al., 566 F.3d (8th Cir. 2009)(08-2499)

State of Missouri ex rel. Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital v. Honorable David L. Dowd, (Mo. 2008)(SC89873)

Lisa Sparkman v. Columbia Mutual Insurance Company, 271 S.W. 3d 619 (Mo. App. S.D. 2008)(SD28891)

State of Missouri ex rel. Des Peres Medical Specialists, et al., (Mo. 2008)(SC89420)

Frieda Gaynor v. Washington University, 261 S.W. 3d 650 (Mo. App. E.D. 2009)(ED90358)

Boesing v. Spiess, 540 F.3d 886 (8th Cir. 2008)(07-2499)

Peters v. M&M Freight Transport, Inc., 269 S.W.3d 460 (Mo. App. E.D. 2008)

Lenggenhager v. St. Anthony's Medical Center, 258 S.W.3d 824 (Mo. App. E.D. 2008)

Benton House, L.L.C. v. Cook & Younts Insurance Inc., 249 S.W.3d 878 (Mo. App. S.D. 2007)

Hensley v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, 210 S.W.3d 455 (Mo. App. S.D. 2007)

W.C. Parker, et al., v. South Broadway Athletic Club, 230 S.W. 3d 642 (Mo. App. E.D. 2007)(ED88000)

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Portia Scott, 486 F.3d 418 (8th Cir. 2007)(06-1626)

Terry Fallert v. Kenneth Smith, M.D., 203 S.W. 3d 234 (Mo. App. E.D. 2006)(ED87722)

State of Missouri ex rel. QuikTrip Corporation v. Honorable John A. Ross, (Mo. App. E.D. 2009)(ED88101)

Rhonda Pargo v. Washington University, et al., 207 S.W.3d 178 (Mo. App. E.D. 2006)(No. ED87499)

Lindsey Nicole Miller v. SSM Health Care Corp, 193 S.W. 3d 416 (Mo. App. E.D. 2006)(ED86975)

Maureen Sewall v. Dr. John Csernansky, (8th Cir. 2006)(No. 06-2680)

Leonard and Genevieve Jaco v. Scholastic Book Clubs, Inc. and Scholastic, Inc., 200 S.W.3d 616 (Mo. App. W.D. 2006)(No. WD65699)

Global Rug Corporation v. Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., 182 S.W. 3d 714 (Mo. App. E.D. 2006)(ED86239)

Deborah A. Finnigan v. KNG Investments, Inc., 158 S.W. 3d 808 (Mo. App. S.D. 2005)(No. SD26309)

Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Timothy and Nancy McBride, 175 S.W. 3d 696 (Mo. App. E.D. 2005)(ED85341)

St. Paul Reinsurance Company, Ltd., v. Nikola Hristov, 155 Fed.Appx. 249, 2005 WL 3358582 (8th Cir. 2005)(04-3700)

Jeff Miller v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, et al., 168 S.W. 3d 109 (Mo. App. W.D. 2005)(WD64230)

Missouri Technical School v. Grace Advisors, Inc., 146 S.W. 3d 407 (Mo. App. E.D. 2004)(ED84174)

State ex rel. Susan Holthaus and William Holthaus v. Honorable Steven H. Goldman, 140 S.W. 3d 280 (Mo. App. E.D. 2004)(No. ED84495)

State ex rel. Oscar Lazcano and WCP Pathology, Inc. v. Honorable Mark D. Seigel, 204 S.W. 3d 213 (Mo. App. E.D. 2006)(ED86427); (Mo. 2004)(No. SC85675)

United Fire and Casualty Insurance Company v. Paul L. Garvey, 328 F.3d 411 (8th Cir. 2004)(No. 02-2285)

Tivoli Building, L.L.C., and Tivoli Theatre, L.L.C. v. Metropolitan Design & Building Company, Inc., 139 S.W. 3d 592 (Mo. App. E.D. 2004)(No. ED82712)

Written Publications:

When "Your Work" Isn't Yours: Coverage for the Additional Insured (co-authored with Elaine M. Moss) – Faultline, Winter 2005, Issue 2

Old Agendas and the New Spin on the "Failure to Inform" Exception – Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Spring 2005

Attorney Liability Law in Missouri (co-authored with T. Michael Ward and Steven H. Schwartz) 0 Missouri Professional Liability MoBar CLE, Chapter 3, 2005

Recent Speaking Engagements:

Moderator for “At the Movies “ – a CLE presentation by the Missouri Bar

Moderator for “Insurance Coverage and Litigation” – a CLE presentation by the Missouri Bar