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title: Michael D. Young
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# Michael D. Young

*Michael D. Young is a full time neutral with*Judicate West in California,*focusing on employment, intellectual property, and other complex civil matters. He is a Distinguished Fellow and past President of the International Academy of Mediators, and was an adjunct professor in negotiation and mediation at USC Law School for nearly a decade and at Pepperdine Law School. He welcomes your comments at [Mike@MikeYoungMediation.com](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/mailto:Mike@MikeYoungMediation.com), or join the conversation at www.MikeYoungMediation.com/ ask-a-mediator*.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Settle your mediation twice and for all](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-september/settle-your-mediation-twice-and-for-all-2 "Settle your mediation twice and for all")

Using the pending summary judgment motion to settle your case — twice!

[Michael D. Young](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-d-young "Michael D. Young")

[2015 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-september)

## [Buying respect…and other below-the-line settlement tricks](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-august/buying-respect-and-other-below-the-line-settlement-tricks "Buying respect…and other below-the-line settlement tricks")

Not all disputes are about the money

[Michael D. Young](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-d-young "Michael D. Young")

[2016 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-august)

## [Believe it or not: It happened in mediation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-august/believe-it-or-not-it-happened-in-mediation "Believe it or not: It happened in mediation")

A glimpse of the wild, the unpredictable, and the utterly preposterous things that have happened in real mediations

[Daniel Ben-Zvi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/daniel-ben-zvi "Daniel Ben-Zvi")
[Michael D. Young](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-d-young "Michael D. Young")

[2017 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-august)