The Michele L. Young Company was established to affect real change through coordinated efforts among legal professionals, politicians, activists, and community organizations.
We are a Cincinnati law firm devoted to helping children and solving legal problems that other people are unable to resolve.
Lawyering distinguished by innovativeness, integrity, non-stop hard work, and heart.
Attorney Michele Young is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and went on to clerk for three federal judges. She served as an adjunct law professor, authored law articles, and co-authored a law book for the American Bar Association.
Attorney Young considers it an honor and pleasure to redress each and every injustice and to serve the legal needs of each individual in need of help. Her lawyering is distinguished by an emphasis on innovativeness, integrity, non-stop hard work, and heart. She takes great pride in solving what appears to be, at first blush, an unsolvable legal problem and winning a seemingly impossible fight.
A lawyer who speaks for those who do not have a voice.
Michele Young is a lawyer who prides herself on representing those who have been bullied, forgotten, left behind, or counted out. Her efforts have borne fruit in terms of giving rise to new leaders and giving a voice to those who previously did not have a voice.
Noted for reaching across political, faith, and demographic lines, Michele developed bi-partisan support for public-safety initiatives.
What sets our practice apart.
Personal Attention
Your case will not be handed off to an associate you have never met.
The Hardest Cases
Complex, high-stakes matters that require creativity, persistence, and courage.
Systemic Thinking
We look beyond the individual case to the systems that created the harm.
Community Partnership
We work with organizations across Cincinnati to create lasting impact.
“We don’t just take cases. We take on systems that fail children and families.”
Her work has been covered from Cincinnati to the national stage.
- New York Times · June 5, 2021Michele Young is part of the all-star team that brings justice for Gabriel Taye and his family.
Coverage of the bullying case involving Gabriel Taye and the settlement requiring systemic changes.
- The Washington PostWhen bullied students end their lives, parents are suing. And schools are paying.
Coverage of bullying, student suicide, parent advocacy, and school accountability.
- TODAY · October 2, 2022Michele Young calls for the early detection of breast cancer.
Coverage of Michele Young's work calling for improved early detection in breast cancer.
- USA TODAY'A cancer survivor asking for change': Meet USA TODAY's Women of the Year honoree from Ohio
Michele Young was recognized as part of USA TODAY's Women of the Year program, honoring women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country.
- November 10, 2022Michele Young joins forces with the Senate, the national ACLU, lawyers and advocates from across the country to bring justice to Sherry Chen.
A national coalition effort to bring justice to Sherry Chen.
- Cincinnati Enquirer · November 8, 2020Michele Young receives the Cincinnati Enquirer Woman of the Year Award.
Recognition for Michele Young's work breaking down obstacles to social justice.
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