Kevin Young has more than 30 years of experience defending clients in complex insurance coverage cases, class actions, product liability defense, and contract disputes.
As Tucker Ellis Insurance Group Chair, Kevin leads an active practice representing both large and small companies in extra-contractual matters and coverage issues. He has successfully resolved a myriad of coverage cases arising from issues such as the interpretation of commercial general liability policies, director and officer policies, professional liability policies, employment practices liability, and errors and omissions policies, as well as various specialty policies, including malicious product tampering/accidental product contamination, kidnap and ransom, and non-trucking liability.
Also experienced in defending class actions, Kevin has successfully resolved suits involving insurance issues and numerous claims arising from allegations of defective product manufacture. He has litigated construction and business contract claims involving Cleveland’s sports stadiums and schools, as well as other public and private construction projects. Kevin also has tried or resolved a host of commercial contract issues, including his high-profile role in coordinating and managing the defense of more than 90 lawsuits arising from a concrete terrace collapse in Ohio.
Kevin has tried many cases to verdict, arbitrated numerous disputes, and successfully participated in other alternative dispute mechanisms that help our clients reach favorable resolution.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Kevin has lived and worked in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and Cleveland, Ohio. His practice has taken him to an international arbitration in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as coast to coast across the United States, including Ohio, California, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, Utah, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and New York.
A regular faculty member at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Kevin instructs and lectures on topics including the taking and defending of depositions and general trial skills. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Case Western Reserve School of Law where his courses have included trial tactics and client counseling and representation.
Ranked in Chambers USA in Litigation: General Commercial (Ohio), he is described as “very responsive and provides thoughtful responses. Nothing is off the cuff with him, he digs into the details.”