Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Bridgeport, CT

Attorney Charles Christian Young is a top-rated attorney helping clients with Criminal Defense and Personal Injury. He assists with all types of Criminal Defense:  felony and misdemeanor charges, from relatively minor traffic offenses including DUI / DWI to serious state and federal charges alleging embezzlement, larceny, and fraud as well as controlled substance violations, assault, firearms, and homicide. He also has extensive experience representing clients in administrative hearings before various Connecticut agencies including the Board of Firearms and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

He also assists individuals accused of violating state and federal laws ranging from juvenile and student matters, domestic incidents, motor vehicle offenses and controlled substance violations, to assault, embezzlement, trafficking, computer crimes, firearms offenses, and homicide.

Attorney Charles Christian Young currently serves of counsel with the Cohen and Wolf, P.C., law firm in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A highly versatile trial lawyer, Mr. Young is a member of the firm's litigation, personal injury and criminal law departments.

Likewise, he has helped recover substantial settlements and awards for those who suffered an injury or loss as the result of someone else's negligence or wrongdoing, and he has helped a diverse range of clients, from individuals to corporations, protect themselves in the face of complex civil litigation.

Active in his legal community, Mr. Young is a member of several local, state and national bar associations, including the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and he gives back to his local community as well through his involvement with the Town of Orange Board of Education, where he maintains a number of leadership roles.

Widely regarded as one of the top criminal defense and civil trial attorneys in the region, he holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Young earned his undergraduate degree from Calvin College of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1995, and his Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 1998.