J. Rutledge Young, Jr.

J. Rutledge Young, Jr. focuses his practice on health care, professional liability, and complex business issues. He is chair of Young Clement Rivers, LLP's Health Care and Special Task Litigation Practice Groups and is a former managing partner of the firm.  He holds the highest professional AV Preeminent rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and has been listed for more than 25 years in the Best Lawyers in America and for more than 10 in years in Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers. He was also selected as a Best Lawyer in America for Bet-the-Company Litigation for 2007, 2008, and 2009. A former president of Historic Charleston Foundation, he has been active in preservation and conservation organizations.

J. Rutledge Young, Jr. has served on the Charleston City Council and the South Carolina Supreme Court's Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.  He is active in the South Carolina Bar and served as president in 1994-1995.

He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and was awarded a bronze star during service as Captain of MACV Advisory Team No.7 from 1968 to 1970 in Long Kanh Province, Republic of Vietnam.

Practice groups

• Health Care
• Professional Liability
• Special Task Litigation

Admitted to practice

• South Carolina, 1968

Education

• University of Virginia, LL.B., 1968
• University of Virginia, A.B., 1965

Memberships

• Charleston Bar Association
  • Executive Committee, 1982
• American Bar Association
  • Employment and Labor Law and Litigation Sections
• South Carolina Bar
  • Committee on Judicial Qualifications
  • Law Related Education Committee, 1994-1996
  • Circuit Representative, Young Lawyers Division, 1986-1987
  • House of Delegates, 1975-1985
  • Chairman, CLE Committee, 1982-1985
  • Chairman, Hospital and Health Law Committee, 1988-1990
  • Board of Governors, 1985-1988 and 1990-1991
  • Secretary, 1990-1991
  • Treasurer, 1991-1992
  • President-Elect, 1992-1993
  • President, 1994-1995
  • Vice-Chairman, Supreme Court Commission on Grievances and Discipline, 1985-1986
• Charleston Lawyers Club, President, 1975-1976
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Diplomate since 1988
  • Secretary, Charleston Chapter
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow since 1991
  • State Chair
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• South Carolina Defense Trial Lawyers Association
• Historic Charleston Foundation, Trustee, 1989-1997
  • Treasurer, 1991-1993
  • Vice President, 1993-1995
  • President 1995-1997
• Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T) of South Carolina, board of trustees
• Central Railroad of South Carolina, president and board of directors
• American Windsurfer Magazine, co-director of business development
• Woodberry Forest School, board of directors, 1993-2002
• Charleston Day School, board of trustees,  1985-1990
• South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Board of Trustees, 1999-2002
• Lowcountry Open Land Trust, Trustee, 2006-present
  • Secretary, 2009
  • Chairman, Land Protection Committee, 2007—

Articles/case studies

• Working Towards a Better Judicial System, Commerce Magazine (Third Quarter, 1994)
• South Carolina Trial Techniques Handbook, Co-Author of Chapter on Evidence/April 1997
• Joint Meeting-SC Hospital Assoc/SC Medical Assoc: How to Avoid Malpractice and the Steps of a Typical Medmal Lawsuit. Jan. 2003
• SCMA/SCJUA Risk Management Program for New Physicians: If you need a Lawyer ( May 16,2003)
• Speaker: History of Charitable Immunity in South Carolina at South Carolina Bar Association Seminar – Non-Profit Corporations from A to Z
  (March 2006)

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