Author Biography
Internet Lawyer Mike Young started programming computers nearly 30 years ago with an Atari 400. By high school, he was writing text-based adventure games on an Apple IIe and coding in COBOL on a Wang system. Instead of getting an MBA after undergrad, Mike went to Southern Methodist University (SMU) for his first law degree. While a law student, he dabbled in online bulletin board systems (BBSs), the precursor for today's social networking. After getting his Juris Doctor, Mike earned an advanced international law degree (LL.M.) from Georgetown University Law Center. Shortly after he began practicing traditional business law, Mike represented his first Internet business law client in the mid-90s. Today, his practice focuses on helping entrepreneurs protect and grow their businesses primarily online. President of the Internet Attorneys Association and Chairman of the Internet Ethics Council, Mike considers himself to be an Ethopportunist, that is, one who looks for ethical opportunities to build successful enterprises. An entrepreneur at heart, Mike has owned or co-owned 14 different privately held companies. This means legal advice provided by him is based both on the law and real world experience as a business owner.
