Young, John Hardin

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Name (Latin)
Young, John Hardin
Date of birth
1948-04-25
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Law
Occupation
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 188215668
Wikidata: Q6237730
Library of congress: n 79054706
Sources of Information

Wikipedia description:

John "Jack" Hardin Young is a retired trial lawyer who has a reputation for work in election law and electoral recounts, as well as complex commercial litigation. He was on the team of lawyers for the Vice President Gore during the 2000 Florida election recount and the Bush v. Gore case, and is portrayed in the HBO film "Recount". He is widely known for being the first advocate for a statewide recount strategy that could have resulted in a win for Gore. Young is currently senior counsel at Sandler, Reiff, Lamb, Rosenstein & Birkenstock where he focuses on election law, including regulatory policy, corporate litigation, and dispute resolution. Young served on the Board of Governors for the American Bar Association and was Chair of the 50,000 member Senior Lawyer Division of the ABA for the year 2017–2018, as well Chair of the Administrative & Regulatory Section in 2019-2000. He currently serves as a special advisor to the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Council. Young is a former adjunct a professor of international and comparative election law at The College of William & Mary Law School from 2008-2023 and has taught at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and George Mason School of Law. He continues to serve on the National Center for State Courts- William & Mary Law School Election Law Advisory Committee. He is currently a registered lobbyist with the League of Women Voters of Delaware.

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