Jeff Young is an active member of the Law Society of British Columbia, Canada and the State Bar of California. He began his thirty-five year legal career in corporate and real estate law. He ultimately focused on intellectual property, new media, sports and entertainment, particularly in film/TV and music. Companies that have received his legal work include Fox Family Channel, the OutTV Network, the Vancouver Whitecaps, Shavick Entertainment, the Shaw Rocket Fund, and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Game.
Jeff has worked with major entertainment and media corporations, award winning artists, and international, local major, and independent film and TV clients. He currently represents a number of music publishers, film companies, sports franchises and live entertainment venues in negotiating business deals involving media, film, music, sports and entertainment.
As a post-secondary educator, Jeff currently teaches film and music law at the University of Victoria as an adjunct professor, and New Media Law in the Faculty of Business at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He was also the founding Head of the Entertainment Business Management Diploma Program at the Vancouver Film School. Jeff was also formerly the head instructor of the Public Speaking program at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Commerce and taught and wrote adjunct curriculum for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.
Jeff is based in Vancouver, Canada, and his hobbies are skiing, cycling, attending symphonic concerts and hockey games.
Jeff has worked with major entertainment and media corporations, award winning artists, and international, local major, and independent film and TV clients. He currently represents a number of music publishers, film companies, sports franchises and live entertainment venues in negotiating business deals involving media, film, music, sports and entertainment.
As a post-secondary educator, Jeff currently teaches film and music law at the University of Victoria as an adjunct professor, and New Media Law in the Faculty of Business at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He was also the founding Head of the Entertainment Business Management Diploma Program at the Vancouver Film School. Jeff was also formerly the head instructor of the Public Speaking program at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Commerce and taught and wrote adjunct curriculum for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.
Jeff is based in Vancouver, Canada, and his hobbies are skiing, cycling, attending symphonic concerts and hockey games.