Kristy E. Young

Ms. Young is an associate in the Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.  Ms. Young is also part of the firm's Global Climate Change team in the San Francisco office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Young's practice encompasses general commercial lending, including real estate and asset-based financing, with a particular emphasis on loan workouts and restructuring.  Her practice also involves business bankruptcies as well as creditors' rights issues in the civil and bankrtupcy litigation contexts. 

Prior to law school, Ms. Young worked as a paralegal at several international law firms in securities, finance, and securities litigation. She also worked on political campaigns on a national, state and local level, with an emphasis on field organizing and voting rights protection.

Education

• J.D., UC Davis School of Law, 2008; Senior Articles Editor, UC Davis Law Review; Senior Articles Editor, UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy; Witkin Award for Academic Excellence; Pritikin Prize for International Legal Scholarship; Certificate Recipient, Public Service Law Program
• B.A., Wellesley College, 2001, Political Science

Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California

Memberships

• Member, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
• Member, San Francisco Bar Association

Articles

• "Does the Voting Rights Act Require Preclearance Before Abandoning a Practice Declared Invalid by a State Court?," with Vikram D. Amar, Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases, March 17, 2008.
• "The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and the Foreign Investment and National Securities Act of 2007:  A Delicate Balancing Act That Needs Revision," UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Fall 2008.

• "(In)Visible Cities: Three Local Government Models and Immigration Regulation," with Keith Aoki, Thomas Hwei & John Shuford, Oregon Review of International Law, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Winter 2009.

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Law Blog Articles

• "When Red is the Color of the Season: Commercial Property Leases and Bankruptcy", December 12, 2008 (also published on the Fashion and Apparel Law Blog)