Founding partner Julie Arias Young retired on June 30, 2022. 

Julie Arias Young specializes in the representation of employers in all aspects of employment law, including harassment and discrimination litigation (such as sex, disability, age, race, national origin, religion and sexual orientation), wrongful discharge, and contract litigation in both state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. Ms. Young also advises and represents colleges and universities regarding Title IX issues, including internal investigations, investigations by the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, into complaints regarding the handling of alleged sexual misconduct and/or sexual violence incidents, and in Title IX litigation and writ proceedings.

Ms. Young also advises clients on day-to-day employment matters, including terminations, layoffs, harassment allegations and investigations, leave requests, and wage and hour issues.  Ms. Young also assists clients in drafting key employment policies and other employment materials and presents training for clients’ supervisory and non-supervisory personnel on such topics as sexual harassment, family and medical leaves, and general employment law issues.  Prior to forming Young & Zinn LLP in 2000, Ms. Young practiced in the Employment Law Department of the international law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, exclusively representing employers in a broad range of legal matters.

Over her long career, Ms. Young has developed substantial expertise in representing a wide array of employers, including world-renowned universities and cultural institutions, media and entertainment companies, national grocers, healthcare providers, law firms, and energy and infrastructure companies.

For the eighteenth consecutive year, Ms. Young was named a California Super Lawyer in the field of employment litigation, a designation awarded to the top 5% of California attorneys based on a survey of all California lawyers.  She is also named in Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers and AV rated by Martindale in the areas of employment law and litigation.

Ms. Young is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys.  Since 2014, Ms. Young has served on the Board of Street Poets, a non-profit poetry-based peace-making organization dedicated to the creative process as a force for individual and community transformation.

Ms. Young received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1990.  In 1993, she received her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a member of the American Criminal Law Review.  Ms. Young also served as an extern to the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in 1991.