Lindsey Young

Associate Attorney

Lindsey Young is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation department and has represented clients in a wide variety of securities, corporate dispute, and class action matters.

Lindsey's practice focuses on the representation of companies and their officers and directors in securities class actions, merger and acquisition disputes, and other corporate dispute litigation in California, Delaware, and federal courts. Lindsey also has substantial experience representing clients in governmental and internal investigations and FINRA inquiries. Lindsey's clients have included companies and individuals in the software, social media, hardware, cryptocurrency, biotechnology, venture capital, and financial services industries, among others.

Lindsey also maintains an active pro bono practice, with a focus on domestic violence litigation, and has a long-standing relationship with the Family Violence Appellate Project.

She earned her law degree in 2014 from Stanford Law School, where she was student attorney at the Stanford Community Law Clinic in East Palo Alto, California, President of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapter, and Editor of the Stanford Journal of Animal Law & Policy. Prior to attending law school, she worked in media and consumer behavior research in New York City. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Tufts University in 2006 with a major in Psychology and minors in Italian and Media & Communications.

Lindsey is admitted to practice in the State of California.

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Credentials

Education:
  • Stanford University - 2014 Juris Doctor
  • Tufts University - 2006 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
  • California Bar