Paula Marie Young
About Paula
Biography
- Prof. Young, winner of the first Distinguished Mediator Award presented by the Virginia Mediation Network (VMN), teaches as a Clinical Professor at Qatar University College of Law. She currently teaches legal writing skills. In the past, she has taught environmental dispute resolution, group facilitation, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, dispute resolution system design, and insurance practice.
- Before she joined academia, Prof. Young was a partner in the St. Louis law firm of McCarthy Leonard Kaemmerer Owen Lamkin & McGovern, L.L.C. and founder of Path Finder Mediation. She has nearly 20 years of experience as a commercial dispute litigator, mediator, and arbitrator specializing in energy, environmental, insurance, reinsurance, and other civil disputes. Before joining McCarthy Leonard, Prof. Young was an associate in one of the largest law firms in the world - Skadden Arps – in its Washington, D.C. office engaged in an oil and gas and public utility law practice. She also worked in the Energy Department of the largest law firm in Oklahoma after graduating from law school.
- Who’s Who in America recognizes her as among top executives and professionals. Martindale-Hubbell lists her as an AV-Rated Preeminent Woman Lawyer with highest peer ratings for legal ability and ethics (2002-2012).
- Prof. Young’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Washington University (B.A.1978, J.D.1982), and she is licensed to practice law in Missouri and D.C.
- Prof. Young has over 3,000 hours of training in the theory, practice, and techniques of consensus building, group facilitation, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. She received a master of laws (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law in August 2003. U.S. News and World Report has ranked it as a top program for over a decade.
- She has written over 50 law review publications, book chapters, and op-ed articles on mediation, arbitration, energy, insurance, and other topics. Her blog, The Red Velvet Lawyer, appears at .
- Prof. Young joined the Virginia Mediation Network’s Board of Directors in October 2010 and quickly rose to the position of President (2012-2013). VMN is the largest state-wide organization of mediators in Virginia.
- Prof. Young is a nationally known mediation ethicist, who has served on the top boards, at the state and naitonal level, dealing wiht issues of mediator misconduct.
Practice Areas
3
Practice Areas
28 years | 100 cases
24 years | 35 cases
25 years | 3 cases
Fees and Rates
Cost
Always
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Illinois for 35 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1990
No misconduct found
Licensed in Missouri for 37 years
State: Missouri
Acquired: 1988
No misconduct found
Licensed in District of Columbia for 41 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1985
No misconduct found
Location
Qatar University College of Law
P.O. Box 2713, Doha, VA, Qatar
Path Finder Mediation
P.O. Box 1955, Grundy, VA, 24614
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"I endorse this lawyer. Paula was a professor of mine at Appalachian School of Law, and I found her to be intelligent, dedicated, and professional in her work, both in and out of the classroom. Her instruction on ADR and arbitration was invaluable in my own study of law, and I recommend her to anyone looking for similar instruction or assistance in dispute resolution matters."
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Experience
Honors
2012
Executives and Professionals, Who's Who In American Law
2012
AV-Rated Preeminent Woman Lawyer, Martindale-Hubbard
2010
Distinguished Mediator Award, Virginia Mediation Network
2006
Faculty Scholarship Award, Appalachian School of Law
2006
Kentucky Colonel, Governor of Kentucky
2000
Distinguished Woman of the Year, National Association of Women Business Owners
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Clinical Professor, Qatar University College of Law
2002 - 2015
Professor of Law, with tenure, Appalachian School of Law
1991 - 2002
Partner, McCarthy Leonard Kaemmer, L.L.C.
1988 - 1991
Associate in Litigation Group, Suelthaus & Kaplan (merged with Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal)
1985 - 1988
Associate in Energy Group, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
1982 - 1985
Associate in Energy Group, Hall Estill Hardwick Gable Collingsworth & Nelson
Associations
2012 - 2013
Virginia Mediation NetworkPresident
2012 - 2015
Toastmasters International (ASL Club)Charter Member
2002 - 2016
American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution SectionVarious
2002 - 2006
Association for Conflict Resolution (Virginia Chapter)Secretary
1999 - 2002
Association of Attorney-Mediators (St. Louis Chapter)Secretary
1999 - 2001
National Association Of Women Business OwnersBoard Member
1999 - 2001
International Association of Insurance ReceiversFeature Articles Editor
Sample of Legal Cases
Rulings consistently in favor of client produced favorable settlement in case.
Education
2003
LL.M - Master of Laws
1982
JD - Juris Doctor
1978
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2019
The Blockade of Qatar Through an ADR Lens
2018
The Siege of Qatar: Reflections of Legal Scholars
2017
Barriers to ADR in the Arab Gulf: Training, Capacity, & Culture
2016
Sources of Conflict in Medical Practice
2016
High-Quality Webinars on a Shoe String Budget
2016
Teaching Conflict Resolution in the Midst of Conflict
2014
Using the Enneagram to Assess What You and the Parties Bring Into the Mediation Room
2012
Teaching Mediator Ethics Using Active Learning Techniques
2012
Updating Your Agreement to Mediate and Opening Orientation to Reflect the Requirements of the Revised SOEs
2012
Using “Moore’s Circle of Conflict” to Diagnose Sources of Impasse in Mediation and to Fashion Appropriate Interventions,
2011
Ensuring Informed Consent in the Collaborative Law Process
2011
Distributive Bargaining in Mediation: Helping Parties Negotiate Over Money
2011
Ethical Limits to Drafting Mediated Settlement Agreements and Completing Child Support Worksheets
2010
Integrating the Three Apprenticeships -- Thinking, Performing, and Behaving -- in an Insurance Practice Course
2009
Mediator Impartiality: Another Grid for the Perplexed
2008
Self-Determination: Protecting it Procedurally and Substantively
2008
Malpractice, Ethics, and UPL Claims Against Mediators: How the Ethical Mediator Can Avoid Them
Publications
2019
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Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Guides
Legal Answers
Can I have a non attorney liason attend a employment ADR mediation on my behalf?
07 May 2019
Can a lawyer still file motions during mediation?
07 May 2019
Can a mediation get amended? My ex said what happened from the mediation to our son when we were told not to.
08 May 2019
Legal Guides
Party Satisfaction with Mediation
08 May 2019
The Vanishing Civil Trial
08 May 2019
The Who of Mediation: Lawyers in the Mix
08 May 2019