J. Rutledge Young, III
J. Rutledge Young, III
Partner
ryoung@duffyandyoung.com
J. Rutledge Young, III is a native Charlestonian and maturing trial lawyer with experience representing clients in all of South Carolina’s State and Federal courts. Rutledge also handles his clients’ appeals through the South Carolina appellate system and the United States appellate system.
During his legal career, Rutledge has represented individuals and self-insured or closely held businesses in all types of civil disputes and in every type of forum. When representing Plaintiffs, Rutledge has helped his clients recover multi-million dollar settlements, and when representing Defendants, he has achieved defense verdicts at trial.
All of Rutledge’s clients are facing some immediate legal crisis. They have either been mistreated or injured by some other person or company, or they have been sued. In every case, Rutledge’s primary focus is on helping his clients by bringing some meaningful value to their legal crisis and steering it towards its natural conclusion by trial, or otherwise.
Rutledge graduated from the University of Virginia and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a former law clerk to United States District Judge David Norton. Before opening his own firm, Rutledge practiced at the small Charleston firm of Wills and Massalon. Rutledge is active in the local community and currently serves on the Board of Directors for a number of organizations. He and his wife, Molly, are the parents of three young children.