Amy L. Young was born in Pensacola, Florida in 1975.  She graduated from Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1993. She attained a Bachelor of Social Work  from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1997. She received her law degree from University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 2000 and was a member of the Journal of Dispute Resolution.

Prior to joining the firm as an associate in January of 2008, Mrs. Young practiced law in Columbia, Missouri for five years with an emphasis in the area of workers’ compensation law. Before that, she served as an Assistant Attorney General for two years in the Labor Division and the Governmental Affairs Division of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office in Jefferson City, Missouri. She currently maintains a general civil practice with emphasis in the areas of insurance defense law, workers’ compensation law and litigation.