Michael

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Biography

Michael HuYoung has practiced law in Virginia since 1982 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is licensed to practice in all of the State and Federal Courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has attained the AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating. Mr. HuYoung was profiled as "one of the top criminal lawyers in Virginia" by Virginia Business Magazine in 2001.

Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys (2019 Edition), updating and rewriting Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Chapters (Virginia CLE)
Carrico Moot Court Competition, Judge of Semi-Final Round, University of Richmond Law School (March 2019)
Diversity and the Law, Panel Presentation at the Virginia Bar Association Symposium: Diversity in the Legal Profession, University of Richmond School of Law (Richmond, Virginia - 2018)
Ten Unique and Creative Defenses to Avoid a DUI Conviction, Virginia Continuing Legal Education (CLE), International Destination CLE Program, (Florence, Italy - 2017)
Anatomy of a Criminal Trial in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, General District Court, Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court, Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association Annual Criminal Law Seminar, Chair and Moderator (Richmond, Virginia - 2017)
Where The Action Is, General District Court Criminal Practice, authored and presented at the Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association Annual Criminal Law Seminar (Richmond, Virginia - 2017)
No Mulligan's Here!, Circuit Court Criminal Practice, authored and presented at the Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association Annual Criminal Law Seminar (Richmond, Virginia - 2017)
Colonial Classic Mock Trial Competition at the College of William & Mary, Presiding Judge (Williamsburg, Virginia - 2016)
Picking the Right Jury and Avoiding the Wrong One, Panelist, Richmond Bar Association (Richmond, Virginia - 2016)
Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys (2016 Edition), updating and rewriting Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Chapters (Virginia CLE)
Community Policing Forum, Speaker and Panelist, sponsored by the Alliance for Unitive Justice (Richmond Police Academy - April 20, 2016)
Rule of Law Program for Students at the Capitol, Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference and the Young Lawyer Conference (2010-Current)
Contempt of Court: A Lesson in Legal History, Panelist, Virginia CLE Ethics and Professionalism Program (Fairfax, Virginia - 2015)
Legal Jeopardy: Family Feuds and Offenses, Moderator of Judicial Panel Presentation at The Virginia Bar Association's Summer Meeting at The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia - 2014)
The Ethics of Equality: A Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, co-authored with Isaac B. McBeth, Esquire, of Rawls McNelis & Mitchell, and presented at The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Annual Convention at The Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia - 2014)
Video presentation of Criminal Appellate Practice in Virginia and Evidence in Virginia for Virginia Continuing Legal Education's (Virginia CLE) Mandatory Course for Out-of-State Attorneys Practicing in Virginia (2014)
Best Practices in Voir Dire, Panel Presentation for the City of Richmond Bar Association (Richmond, Virginia - 2012)
Use of Experts and Defenses in Internet Child Solicitation and Child Pornography Cases, co-presentation with Dr. Glenn E. Dardick, Ph.D., CCE, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Criminal Law Seminars (Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, and Fairfax, Virginia - 2012)
Exoneration: Writs of Actual Innocence (The Thomas Haynesworth Case), Moderator of the Criminal Law Section's General Session Presentation at the Virginia Bar Association's Summer Meeting at the Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia - 2012)
Jeopardy on Appeal (Top Ten Pet Peeves of Judges of the Virginia Court of Appeals), Criminal Law and Domestic Relations Sections' Joint CLE Presentation on Appellate Practice at the Virginia Bar Association's Summer Meeting at the Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia - 2012)
The Benefit of Diversity, Fellows' Induction Speech at the Spring Conference of Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), The Trial Lawyers' Honorary Society, at the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort (Santa Barbara, California - 2012)
Combating National Impact Financial Fraud in the Eastern District of Virginia, featuring U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neil H. MacBride, Moderator of the Criminal Law Section's CLE Presentation at the Virginia Bar Association's Winter Meeting at the Williamsburg Lodge (Williamsburg, Virginia - 2012)
Hot Topics in Criminal Practice, presented at the Annual Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Paralegal Conference (Richmond, Virginia - 2011)
How Young Lawyers Reach Out to the Community: The Benefits of Expanding the Pipeline, Panelist at the Increasing Diversity in the Legal Profession Conference at the University of Virginia School of Law (Charlottesville, Virginia - 2011)
Ethics: How to Represent Your Client and Not Go to Jail with Him, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Criminal Law Seminars (Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, and Fairfax, Virginia - 2011)
Jury Voir Dire, Opening Statements, Closing Arguments, and Jury Instruction, presented with Craig S. Cooley, Esquire, at the John Marshall Inns of Court (Richmond, Virginia - 2011)
Surveillance in Litigation: Getting the Dirt While Keeping Your Hands Clean, Presenter at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's 52nd Annual Convention at The Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia - 2011)
The Bar Disciplinary Process, Speaker at the Carrico Professionalism Course (Charlottesville, Virginia- 2010)
Zealous Representation is Not Winning at All Costs, co-authored with David B. Hargett, Esquire, The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 21, No. 2 (2009)
The Authority to Take Sentencing Under Advisement Provides Circuit Judges with an Important Tool for Doing Justice in Criminal Cases, Presenter at Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's 50th Annual Convention (Williamsburg, Virginia - 2009)
Coach for Trial Advocacy Board (TAB) Mock Trial Competition Teams, University of Richmond School of Law (2008-current)
Judge, Barnett Moot Court Competition, University of Richmond Law School (Richmond, Virginia - 2009-2013)
Judge, William B. Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Competition at the William and Mary Law School (Williamsburg, Virginia - 2009-2010)
Do You Really Want to Put the Child on the Stand? Co-authored with John K. Karanian, Esquire, VBA News Journal. Vol. XXXV, No. 4 (Winter 2009)
Judge, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Regional Mock Trial Competition (2008-2010)
Criminal Law Update, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Solo and Small Firm Conference (Williamsburg, Virginia - 2008)
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions on Non-U.S. Citizens and the Visa Process, Virginia Alliance of Paralegal Associations and Local Government Paralegal Association, Joint Statewide Conference (Richmond, Virginia - 2008)
Effective Voir Dire in a Criminal Case: Get the Jury Thinking, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Criminal Law Seminar (Fairfax, Virginia - 2008)
Presenter at The SANE/Forensic Nurse Evaluation: What Does It All Mean? Seminars (Richmond, Virginia - 2007-2008)
Criminal Issues Related to the Representation of Immigrants,Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Paralegal Seminar (Richmond, Virginia - 2007)
Representing the Non-Citizen Criminal Defendant,Chesterfield County Bar CLE Program (Chesterfield, Virginia - 2006)
Immigration Consequences for the Non-Citizen Defendant, Panelist at the Virginia Judicial Conference of General District Court Judges (Virginia Beach, Virginia - 2006)
The Non-Citizen Defendant in the Criminal Justice System: Special Challenges and Consequences, Panelist at the Virginia State Bar Annual Conference (Virginia Beach, Virginia - 2006)
Dangerous Intersection Ahead: When Criminal and Family Law Collide, Moderator at the Virginia State Bar Annual Conference (Virginia Beach, Virginia - 2005)
Confidentiality and Other Ethical Issues When Using Electronic Evidence Including Electronic Surveillance, co-authored with Brandy M. Poss, Esquire, Virginia State Bar Advance Family Law Seminar(Richmond, Virginia - 2004)
Ethics for the Criminal Practitioner, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Criminal Law Seminars(Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, and Fairfax, Virginia - 2004)
Nuts and Bolts of Criminal Law, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Criminal Law Seminars (Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, and Fairfax, Virginia - 2002)

Professional Associations

Virginia State Bar Council (2013-2016)
Virginia State Bar Executive Committee (2015-2016)
Virginia CLE, Faculty (2014-Present)
Selected to the Thomas A. Mesereau Cup Nominating Committee, The Trial Law Institute, and the Diversity Law Institute of Litigation Counsel of America (2014-Present)
Virginia State Bar Law School Professionalism Program, Faculty (2011-2015)
Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference, Board of Governors (2010-2016
Virginia Criminal Justice Conference, Steering Committee (2005-Present)
Virginia Bar Association's Board of Governors (2014-2017)
Virginia Bar Association Criminal Law Council (2011-2016)
Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia (2008-2015)
Virginia Bar Association Chair of Criminal Law Section (2011-2013)
Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference, Chair (2011-2012)
Board of Governors of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (2008-2011)
Virginia State Bar's Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course, Faculty (2008-2011)
Virginia State Task Force on Diversity (2008-2009)
Virginia Criminal Justice Conference, Co-Chair (2007-2009)
Virginia Law Foundation, Board of Directors (2017-Present)
Advisory Committee of the Virginia General Assembly’s Joint Commission on Technology (JCOTS) studying legislative computer crime bills introduced during the 2013 Session and referred to JCOTS for study
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Member (Chairman of Criminal Law Section, Representative to the Crime Commission of the General Assembly, Criminal Legislation Committee, Chairman of Public Service Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee, and Annual Convention Committee) (2008-2011)
Henrico Bar Association, Board of Directors, Liaison to the Courts Committee, and Chairman of the Court Docent Committee (2000-2004)

Published Works

Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys (2016 Edition), updating and rewriting Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Chapters, Virginia CLE
Co-Authored with Erik D. Baines, Esquire, Associate at Barnes & Diehl, P.C., the Updates and Revisions to the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures Chapters in Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys (2016 Edition) (Virginia CLE)
The Ethics of Equality: A Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, co-authored with Isaac B. McBeth, Esquire, of Rawls McNelis & Mitchell, Presented at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Annual Convention (2009)
Do You Really Want to Put the Child on the Stand?, co-authored with John K. Karanian, Esquire, VBA News Journal (Focus on Family Law), Volume 35, Number 4 (Winter, 2009)
Zealous Representation is Not Winning at All Costs, co-authored with David B. Hargett, Esquire, The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Volume 21, Number 2 (2009)
Immigration Consequences for the Non-Citizen Defendant, Virginia State Bar, Annual Conference (2006)
Legal Ethics for the Criminal Practitioner, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Criminal Law Seminar (2004)
Confidentiality and Other Ethical Issues Raised When Using Electronic Evidence, Including Electronic Surveillance, Virginia State Bar, Advanced Family Law Seminar (2004)
Nuts & Bolts of Criminal Practice, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Criminal Law Seminar (2002)

Representative Cases

Mueller v. Murray,, 252 Va. 356, 1996, Va Supreme Court
Tipton v. Commonwealth, 18 Va. App. 832, 1994, Va. Ct. App., 1994173820
Swinson v. Commonwealth, 16 Va. App. 923, 1993, Va. Ct. App., 1993162796
Stanley v. Commonwealth, 16 Va. App. 873, 1993, Va. Ct. App., 1993158115
Wood v. Commonwealth, 12 Va. App. 1257, 1991, Va. Ct. App., 1991147127
Hancock v. Commonwealth, 12 Va. App. 774, 1991, Va. Ct. App., 1991119390
Marshall v. Commonwealth, 5 Va. App. 248, 1987, Va. Ct. App., 1987136836
Speight v. Commonwealth, 4 Va. App. 83, 1987, Va. Ct. App., 1987036261
Speight v. Commonwealth, 2 Va. App. 140, 1986, Va. Ct. App., 1986117304

Honors

Voted in the top one percent of Trial Lawyers in America, Litigation Counsel of America (2012-Present)
The Best Lawyers in America, Publication (2009-Present)
Virginia Super Lawyer by Richmond Magazine Law & Politics (2008-Present)
AV rating in Criminal and Family Law by Martindale Hubbell (2002-Present)
Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine (2001-Present)
Listed as a Top Criminal Defense Attorney in Richmond by Super Lawyer (Present)
Voted as one of the Richmond Times Dispatch Reader's Choice Attorneys (2014)
The Best Lawyers in America, Richmond White-Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year (2012)
Inducted as a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, a National Honorary Society for Trial Lawyers (2012)
Selected as a Leader in the Law, Virginia Lawyers Weekly (2010)
Award of Excellence, The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia (APABA-VA) (2008)
Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine profiled Criminal Attorney (2001)
Voted Richmond's Best and Brightest Attorney by Style Weekly (1987)
Selected to Super Lawyers (2018-2019)
Recipient of the Clarence M. Dunnaville, Jr. Achievement Award sponsored by the Diversity Conference of the Virginia State Bar (2019)
Fellow, The Virginia Law Foundation (Top 1% of Lawyers in Virginia) (2010-Current)
Selected to the Thomas A. Mesereau Cup Nominating Committee, The Trial Law Institute, and the Diversity Law Institute of Litigation Counsel of America (2014-Current)
Richmond Times Dispatch Readers’ Choice Attorneys for 2014 (Voted by the Public)

Classes & Seminars

Chaired and Former Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond Law School (2019) and Moderated, Anatomy of a Criminal Trial in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, General District Court, Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court (September 14, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia)
Panelist on How Young Lawyers reach out to the Community: The Benefits of Expanding the Pipeline, Virginia Law Center for the Study of Race and Law (2011)
Presented Opening and Closing Statements at John Marshall Inns of Court (2011)
Presented on Surveillance in Litigation: Getting the Dirt While Keeping Your Hands Clean , Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's 52nd Annual Convention at The Homestead (April, 2011)
Presented Special Criminal Law Doctrines in Richmond and Norfolk , VTLA Annual Advocacy Seminar (October, 2010)
The Bar Disciplinary Process, Carrico Professionalism Course (Charlottesville, Virginia - March, 2010)
Criminal Issues Related to the Representation of Immigrants, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Paralegal Seminar (2007)
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions and Sentences on Non-Citizen Defendants Today, Annual Judicial Conference for District Court Judges (2006)
The Non-Citizen Defendant in the Criminal Justice System: Special Challenges and Consequences, Virginia State Bar, Annual Conference, Criminal Law Section Presentation (2006)
Dangerous Intersection Ahead: When Criminal and Family Law Collide, VSB Annual Conference for the Family & Criminal Law Sections Presentation (2005)
Ethics for the Criminal Practitioner with Michael HuYoung, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education (2004)

Pro-Bono Activities

Citizen Committee on Voting Rights for Henrico County, Member (2008)
Board of Directors of Cultural and Fine Arts Center at Glen Allen Foundation for Henrico County (1995-2000)
FeedMore – Hunger Relief (Donor and Volunteer)
Wine Women and Shoes, Bon Secours Forensic Nurses (Donor and Volunteer)
Best Friends – Animal Rescue (Guardian Angel)

Past Positions

The Law Firm of Michael Hu Young, P.C. (1986-1995), Managing Partner
The Law Offices of Richard R. Ryder (1982-1986), Associate

Official and Professional Appointments

Appointed by the Governor to the Forensic Sciences Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia (2021-2024)
Appointed by the Governor to the Criminal Justice Service Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia (2019-2022)
Selected by the Criminal Justice Service Board to Serve On the Committee for Training of Law Enforcement officers (2022)
Standing Committee On Legal Ethics for the Virginia State Bar (2021-2024)
Civil Rights Institute of Monticello, Founding Member of the Board of Directors (2020-Current)

Presentations, Engagements & Publications

Electronic Surveillance Evidence in Divorce: “Alexa, Catch My Spouse Cheating!” presented at the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Advanced Family Law Retreat at The Boar’s Head Resort (Charlottesville, Virginia – 2022)
Update On The New Criminal Discovery Rules in Virginia Webinar And Video Presentation (Virginia CLE – 2021)
“The Child Has Spoken. How Do I Get The Evidence Admitted?” Panel Presentation In The Domestic Relations Practice Break-Out Session, Richmond Bar Association’s Bench-Bar Conference (Richmond, Virginia – 2021)
The New Criminal Discovery Rules in Virginia, Webinar And Video Presentation (Virginia CLE – 2020)
Criminal Procedure and Evidence in Virginia, Video Presentations for The Mandatory Reciprocity Course for Licensed Out-of-State Attorney To Practice in Virginia, Virginia Continuing Legal Education (Virginia CLE – 2020)
The New Criminal Discovery Rule in Virginia Live and Webinar Seminar (Panel Presentation) (Virginia CLE) (Charlottesville, Virginia – 2020)
Enhancing Virginia Courts’ Handling of Cases Involving Trauma, Strangulation Stalking, and Trafficking Panelist at the Virginia Judicial Conference held at The Crossings in Glen Allen, Virginia(2019)

Academy, Awards & Honors

Virginia Super Lawyer’s Top 50 Lawyers in The State (2021-2022)
Virginia Lawyers’ Hall of Fame, Class Of 2020, Selected By peers and Sponsored by Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Education

University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
- J.D. - 1982
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- B.A. - 1979
- Honors: With Distinction

Bar Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court