18 May 2026
Carson Young Joins Latham & Watkins in Houston as Partner in Complex Commercial Litigation
"Carson Young joins Latham & Watkins in Houston as a partner in the Complex Commercial Litigation practice, focusing on high-stakes commercial disputes across industries with Texas-rooted matters."
Young is a consummate trial lawyer and skilled litigator whose practice focuses on high-stakes disputes across industries, with particular depth in Texas-anchored matters that extend across jurisdictions. He has broad experience handling complex litigation involving contractual, intellectual property, insurance recovery, antitrust, and securities issues, and has briefed and argued cases in state and federal courts nationwide. His experience spans mass tort defense, multidistrict litigation, trade secret misappropriation, contract and fraud litigation, and shareholder activism defense, and he has secured dismissals, dispositive rulings, and favorable outcomes in high-stakes cases across industries. He joins Latham & Watkins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.