Carlito H. Young

Carlito H. Young is an attorney  in the Litigation Defense and Labor Practice Groups of the firm.  He specializes in representing government clients in First Amendment issues, police matters, employment cases, insurance coverage, personal injury cases and wrongul death cases.  Mr. Young also conducted several pre-lawsuit investigations on behalf of the firm's municipal and insurance clients regarding employment, gross negligence and wrongful death issues.  He also served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Harper Woods, where he prosecuted misdemeanor cases in the District Court.

Mr. Young also specializes in numerous issues involving the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  He not only represents several municipal clients regarding FOIA, but conducts several FOIA seminars each year across the state.

Contact Information

Farmington Hills Office
Phone: (248) 489-4100
Fax: (248) 489-1726

Practice Areas

Experience / Expertise

  • Admitted to practice November 2000
  • Litigating  cases in state and federal court.
  • Investigations on behalf of  municipalities and employers

Education

  • Arizona State University College of Law, JD 2000
  • University of Michigan, BS 1997
  • Gues Student at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 1999-2000

Professional Activities / Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Oakland County Bar Association
  • Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

Community Activities / Involvement

  • Trustee - Coleman A. Young Foundation

Publications / Presentation

  • Public Access 101- The Freedom of Information Act & Open Meetings Act,  April 2005 and June 2005
  • Regular contributor to the Public Corporation Law Quarterly
  • Published Coleman Young's Perspective on American Society and Detroit Politics, Black Scholar (Black World Foundation), Summer 1997, Vol. 27 Issue 2
  • Co-author The FOIA Coordinator Handbook
  • Various presentations on the Open Meetings Act, Family Medical Leave Act and issues pertaining to E-mail communication and privacy concerns
  • Electronic Data Discovery in Litigation published in Public Corporation Law Quarterly,  Spring 2006