Bruce A. Young

Bruce A. Young

3.5
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 45 years

Family Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Family, Constitutional, Appeals ... +2 more

181 Hudson Street, Suite 1A, New York, NY

About Bruce

Biography

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Family 30%

Child support custody -child sexual abuse - parental alienation - paternity Order of Protection Foster Care Child Welfare Trials and Appeals Suprevised Visitation

45 years | 500 cases

30%
Appeals 20%

Family Law - Civil Rights - Matrimonial

45 years | 75 cases

20%
Constitutional 20%

Federal litigation of family law issues 42 USC 1983 for Damages

33 years | 25 cases

20%
Personal Injury 20%

Damage Claims from foster care - child sexual abuse - wrongful death - 42 USC 1983

45 years | 100 cases

20%
Elder Law 10%

WillsProbate Estate Administration Guardianship

28 years

10%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 250-350 per hour

Contingency

25%-33%


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 45 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1981

Currently Registered

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2011

Location

Law Office of Bruce A Young

181 Hudson Street, Suite 1A, New York, NY, 10013-1811

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Bruce A. Young's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

3.5 /5.0

8 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 2 of 2 reviews | Family

Posted by anonymous | April 20, 2010 | Family

Former client satisfied

I am a former client of Bruce A. Young. Over this past year Bruce Young helped me to attain a judgement against my delinquent former spouse. His knowledge of family court, judges, and current decisions in family court is excellent. His manner in court in making things clear and his mediation abilit...ies both are excellent. I am very pleased with working with this attorney on very difficult and stressful issues.

Posted by anonymous | March 11, 2009 | Family

Focused, Informed and Fearless

Like 10 other parents nationwide, the last time I saw my baby alive was when I lay him down in that Graco cradle. They got sympathy. I got my 5 children put into foster care. They would have stayed there until adulthood & had their lives ruined if not for Bruce Young. NYC's CWA used every sneaky t...rick in the book to make sure my children never left that foster care hell... 5 homes in 7 months - 2 cases of abuse made against foster families... once, my kids lived in a foster care money mill housing 18 people including 9 foster children and a handful of foster MENTAL PATIENTS! Bruce Young was regularly in his office working on cases until 11pm. His diligence paid off. He found the 'smoking gun' - documents that proved my caseworker was throwing my family under the bus to hide the fact that she neglected to offer us the family services her supervisor told her to when my baby was still alive. My kids were returned soon after Mr Young started asking the right questions! He's my HERO!

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Experience

Rating:  6.5 (Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2011.

Censured issued in NY, 2011

updated on 10/27/2011

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Honors

N/A

Kids Count Conference, National Coalition for Family Justice

Work Experience

1981 - Present

owner, Law Office of Bruce A Young

Associations

Association of Assigned Counsel Manhattan Family Court

Past President

Appellate Division First Department Assigned Counsel Oversight Committee

Member - Former Chair Continuing Education

Sample of Legal Cases

Hill v. City of New York 45 F.3d 653 United States 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Manhattan District Attorney no absolutely immune

VEGA V. FOX U.S. DISTRICT COURT, S.D.N.Y. Civil Rights, Negligence

Federal Damage Claim

Commitment of Patrick L., Matter of, 582 N.Y.S.2d 437, 179 A.D.2d 220 (N. Y. A. D. 1 Dept., 1992)

Reverse Termination of Parental Rights -return

Grant v. Grant

Reverse and Cancel retro child support arrears

Singer v. Peters

Reverse Trial Court increase child support

Karanja v. Karanja, 597 N.Y.S.2d 739, 193 A.D.2d 718 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., 1993)

reverse and reinstate divorce

Frost v. Goldberg, 2006 NY Slip Op 05314 (N.Y. App. Div. 7/5/2006), 2006 NY Slip Op 5314 (N.Y. App. Div., 2006)

Reverse-NO Pay fees for Law Guardian

Daniel H. V City of New York

damages for Family Civil Rights injury 42USC1983

Appeal of Family Law

Reversed Trial Judge Drager NY Sup Ct

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Education

1980

University of Buffalo

Juris Doctorate

Speaking Engagements

2007

Mental Health Forensic Training

Child custody fornesic reports for MD, PHD, MSW

Publications

2000

NY Times When foster care forgets fathers

N/A

Legal Representatin in Child Sexual Abuse Legal Represenation in Child Sexual Abuse

Activity

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