Overview

Tom Young is an attorney in the firm’s corporate/transactional group. He joined Carmody MacDonald in 2025 after completing his law degree at the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law. He was a summer associate at Carmody MacDonald the summer before his third year at Mizzou and prior to that, he was a summer associate at the Springfield, Missouri office of a national law firm.

Tom is originally from Chicago and earned his undergraduate degree in English, and minors in political science and history, at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Education

University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law, J.D., cum laude (2025)

  • Order of the Coif
  • Dean’s List all semesters
  • Honors in Tax Concentration
  • Cali Awards for Administrative Law and Bankruptcy
  • Curators Scholarship Recipient
  • Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review, Associate Member

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; B.A. in English, minors in political science and history (2010)

  • Dean’s List
  • Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, Lehigh Chapter
  • Ice Hockey Team (ACHA Division I Club), Team Captain, 2009-2010
  • Ice Hockey Team (ACHA Division I Club), ECHA All-Star, 2009
Community Involvement
  • Chicago Cares, Volunteer, Chicago, IL, 2018-2019
  • Northbrook Hockey Club, Peewee-Level Hockey Coach, Northbrook, IL, 2015
  • Wilmette Hockey Club, Mite-Level Hockey Coach, Wilmette, IL, 2011