Oliver Cornell Young
Member-at-Large
Oliver Cornell Young of Buffalo (New York State Supreme Court) has
been elected to serve as a member-at-large on the Executive Committee of
the New York State Bar Association.
Young is the principal court attorney for the 8th Judicial District
of the New York State Supreme Court. His duties include supervising the
district’s legal staff, conducting legal research for the judges
of the district, serving as a matrimonial referee for uncontested
divorce actions brought in Erie County, serving as coordinator of the
district’s videoconferencing initiative and serving as coordinator
of the district’s Summer Judicial Internship Program for Law
Students.
Young, a former member of the House of Delegates, previously chaired
the State Bar’s Committee on Law, Youth & Citizenship, of
which he remains an active member. He is chair of the Mock Trial
Subcommittee and was the lead drafter on the 2008 and 2010 case
materials.
Young previously chaired the Bar Association of Erie County’s
Young Lawyers Committee. He also is an active member of the Minority Bar
Association of Western New York and a past chair of its awards
committee.
Young received his undergraduate degree from the University of
Wisconsin, and earned his law degree from the State University of New
York at Buffalo Law School. He also earned a master’s degree from
the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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