Young, Berman Karpf & Gonzalez P.A.

Burton Young

Burton Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1967, which replaced his Bachelor of Laws Degree or LL. B., conferred in 1950.

Mr. Young is a Board Certified Marital and Family Lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education.

Mr. Young has been nationally recognized by Naifeh & Smith's "The Best Lawyers in America," Seaview Putnam; 2006- 2009 and named in Florida Super Lawyers 2006-2009. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Mr. Young has been distinguished through peer review as having attained the highest level of legal ability and professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence.

Areas of Practice:

• Family Law
• Complex Commercial Trials
• Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• General Civil Litigation
• Mediation

Memberships:

• Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 1971-1973
• Supreme Court of Florida Matrimonial Law Commission, 1985-1988
• Supreme Court's Select Committee to Study the Florida Bar Examiners, 1994-1997; Chair, 1996-1997
• Adjunct Visiting Professor, University of Houston College of Law, 1986-1997, 1999-2006
• Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law, 1971
• Florida Supreme Court Historical Society "Passing the Gavel, Supreme court of Florida (Chair, 1996)
• Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice's Advisory Committee, Chair, 1997
• Florida Supreme Court, Justice Gerald Kogan Oral History Program, Chair, 1999
• North Dade Bar County Association President, 1962
• Dade County Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Member House of Delegates, 1972-1978
• The Florida Bar, President, 1970-1971
• American Law Institute
• The Florida Bar Foundation, President, 1975-1977
• American College of Family Trial Lawyers, Diplomate; 1st Emeritus
• AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell, selected into the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers