Biography

Richard R. Young

- listening since 1973

Partner
Colorado Springs

richard.young@hro.com
Tel: 719-381-8431
Fax: 719-633-1518

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Experience

Richard R. Young is the managing partner of the Colorado Springs office and co-chair of the firm's Litigation Practice Group.  He joined the firm in 1973 and has focused in the area of litigation, dispute resolution and problem solving. Sports law comprises a major part of his practice.


Mr. Young has considerable experience in the role of outside general counsel for national governing bodies and other sports organizations. His experience with sports-related disputes covers a broad spectrum, from commercial disagreements (media and sponsorship contracts, licensing, and other rights issues) to athlete eligibility contests (doping sanctions, team selection disputes, and penalties imposed for rule violations) to disputes arising during the course of contests (attempts to invalidate competitive results based on misapplication of rules and challenges to officials' impartiality) to Article VIII proceedings under the Amateur Sports Act. Mr. Young has been particularly active in the anti-doping area where he has handled high profile cases for the United States Olympic Committee, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the World Anti-Doping Agency, USA Swimming, the International Weightlifting Federation, and many other Olympic National Governing Bodies and International Federations. Mr. Young was the principal draftsman of the World Anti-Doping Code, which has been adopted by the entire Olympic Movement and the governments of more than 150 countries. Mr. Young also has considerable experience as an international sports arbitrator having served on numerous hearing panels for the International Tennis Federation, the Association of Tennis Professionals, and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, including the ad hoc Divisions of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport during the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, and the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney.

Professional & Community Affiliations

World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation Board 2004 - present

Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society - Past Board president; Board member 1992 - present

Colorado Tennis Association Board 1999 - present

Colorado Springs Nonprofit Center Advisory Board, past chairman

Arbitrator for the International Court of Arbitration for Sport 1996-present

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Education

J.D., Stanford University School of Law, 1973
Article Editor, Stanford Law Review

A.B., Stanford University, with highest distinction, 1969, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

Admitted in Colorado since 1973

Also admitted in the following courts:
U.S. District Court-Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals-10th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court