CalChamber Adds New Health Care and Taxation Policy Advocate

Preston R. Young joined the California Chamber of Commerce in October as a policy advocate, specializing in health care policy and taxation issues.

Young came to the CalChamber from the Sacramento law firm of Schuering Zimmerman & Doyle, LLP, where he had been a partner since May 2012. He specialized in medical malpractice, health care, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), product liability and elder abuse litigation.

He previously was an attorney with Powers & Miller Attorneys at Law in Sacramento, specializing in general and product liability litigation. He also worked as a graduate legal intern and an attorney for Philip M. Andersen and Associates of San Francisco.

Young holds a B.A. in communications from Saint Mary’s College of California, and earned a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law, where he was associate editor of the Environmental Law Journal.