DJ Young III

D.J. Young, III, dedicates his legal work nearly exclusively to handling wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases for the victims of truck crashes. He is a partner in The Law Firm for Truck Safety LLP, in its Columbus, Ohio, office. The focus f his legal work is on legal strategy; legal research and analysis and writing complaints, dispositive motion briefs, and appellate briefs; and arguing points of law before state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has successfully taken numerous cases through jury verdict as lead trial counsel. He also has had successful appellate experience in federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court of Ohio. He has spoken on trucking law topics before the Oklahoma Association for Justice, North Dakota Association for Justice, and the Ohio Association for Justice. He has served on the board for the Ohio Association for Justice, and he has been published (in 2023) in the American Association for Justice’s Trial Magazine.

He has held a Class A Commercial Driver’s License since 2016 and is endorsed to drive CMVs with manual transmissions, air brakes, and double and triple trailers. Much earlier in his career, he was a construction lawyer, real estate development attorney, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, railroad attorney in house at Norfolk Southern Railway Company, and a general contractor. He was on the law review at the University of Notre Dame Law School. In his free time, he is a part-time seminary student, and he likes to teach at his church. He is a member of the Gideons International, the American Association for Justice, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA), the Christian Legal Society, and the American Bar Association.