Overview

Kenneth Young is a litigation partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses primarily on complex commercial litigation. He has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court in a variety of matters, including contract, intellectual property, and employment disputes.

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

Of Poops and Parasites: Unethical FDA Overregulation, 69 Food & Drug L J 55 (2014).

Recognition

Recognized as “Litigator of the Week” runners-up by The American Lawyer Litigation Daily for securing a unanimous jury verdict in a federal trial where plaintiffs were seeking $100 million in mineral trespass claims in the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of client Rice Drilling D, LLC

Recognized as Up and Coming for Oil & Gas Litigation – Nationwide, Chambers USA, 2023–2024

Recognized in Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas, The Legal 500 U.S., 2022–2023

Recognized as “Litigator of the Week” runners-up by The American Lawyer Litigation Daily for class certification denial in a case involving more than 1,200 oil and gas leases in the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of client Rice Drilling D, LLC

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2013Texas

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Languages

  • English
  • Japanese

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with Honors2013
    Managing Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review
  • Brigham Young UniversityB.S., Molecular Biology & Japanesemagna cum laude, with Honors2010