George Parker Young has engaged in a diverse complex litigation practice for over 31 years. George represents clients in the full range of business litigation and arbitration, and has significant experience in the areas of fiduciary duty, cyber security, oil and gas, corporate governance, probate, intellectual property, insurance and securities litigation.

In 2004, Mr. Young briefed and argued to the U.S. Supreme Court a landmark case on ERISA preemption and HMO liability; in 2003 Mr. Young was a finalist for Trial Lawyer of the Year awarded by the Trial Lawyers of Public Justice (one of eight cases nominated nationally). AV® Peer Review Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory.

More recently Mr. Young has been actively involved in several "minority shareholder oppression" cases representing companies or majority shareholders, often in suits by minority interest owners for perceived wrongs; written and lectured extensively on this topic. Most recent fiduciary duty and board governance trial was an expedited Delaware Section 225 proceeding tried in 2013 to the Delaware Court of Chancery, with the entire proceeding (including extensive discovery) taking seven months, from filing to final decision by the Delaware Supreme Court.

Successfully handled several large oil and gas matters over the last several years, including disputes between royalty, working interest owners and operators, fights involving investors in oil and gas ventures, disputes between producers and surface owners, disputes between pipelines and producers and litigation between pipelines and adjoining landowners.

Mr. Young is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, on the Litigation Council of the State Bar of Texas Litigation Section and served as a Co-Course Director for several State Bar of Texas CLE courses, including the 2011 Advanced Civil Trial Course, the 2013 Litigation Update course, as well as the 2014 Litigation Update Course. Previously an adjunct professor at Texas Wesleyan School of Law and a guest lecturer at the University of Texas, SMU and Texas Wesleyan (now Texas A&M) Schools of Law.

Selected Client Representations

1. •Expedited Delaware §225 proceeding tried in Delaware Court of Chancery involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty by directors in board meeting ambush of majority shareholder director/CEO.
   

1. •Successful prosecution of cyber security damages claim for Fortune 500 subsidiary against vendor.
   

1. •Seven-week defense of corporate defendant in "minority shareholder oppression" case.
   

1. •Defense of claims arising from failed multi-million real estate deal; eventual settlement was half of amount offered before entry into the case.
   

1. •Successful defense of a multi-national chemicals manufacturing corporation in a federal court case where plaintiff sought more than $15 million for alleged fraud in the sale of product.
   

1. •Defense of fraud claims arising out of plaintiffs investment of millions in oil and gas interests and in drilling rig. Case settled several months after entered the case for much less than clients had offered before litigation was instituted.
   

1. •Prosecution of injunction suit for Fortune 500 company to enforce contract proven by string of emails relating to purchase of"bandwidth" essential to client's business. After obtaining injunction for the client it obtained bandwidth at target price.
   

1. •Obtained tortious interference verdict and settlement for frustrated acquiror of regional telephone company.
   

1. •Successfully defended national banks and savings and loans in several large lender liability actions.
   

1. •Co-counsel for savings and loan plaintiff in one of the first significant civil RICO matters tried in the Northern District of Texas (trial lasting almost eleven weeks).
   

1. •Defended and obtained summary judgment on behalf of major manufacturing client in intellectual property litigation involving claims of patent infringement (successfully upheld in the Federal Circuit).
   

1. •Successful appellate counsel in a number of Fifth Circuit and State Courts of Appeals.
   

1. •Special counsel to Texas Attorney General in matter involving HMO's effort to have Texas' 1997 HMO liability statute declared preempted.
   

1. •First attorney to successfully use the 1997 law which prohibits financial incentives that act as an inducement to limit medically necessary care.
   

1. •Filed first suit and obtained first verdict and judgment under Texas' 1997 HMO Liability Act.
   

1. •Numerous other successful jury trials.