Brandi Young is a former state and federal prosecutor, experienced trial attorney, and partner at the Keith & Lorfing law firm. Brandi manages our Midland office and oversees all cases in the Permian basin. With over two decades of experience as a West Texas trial lawyer, Mrs. Young knows what it means to be West Texas Tough.
A former federal prosecutor, Mrs. Young focuses her practice on criminal defense, government and internal corporate investigations, and complex personal injury matters. Mrs. Young represents clients in high-stakes matters pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), State District Attorneys, and other prosecutorial and enforcement agencies. Her practice spans across various subject areas, including large-scale narcotics trafficking, complex white-collar crime, contract fraud, oilfield theft and related crimes, national security, cyber-crimes, public corruption, trade secrets, tax, immigration, child exploitation, and violent crime.
Prior to joining Keith & Lorfing, Mrs. Young served as a Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the Western District of Texas—one of the largest and busiest United States Attorney’s Office in the country –where she supervised and prosecuted a wide variety of high-profile cases. For over 15 years, Mrs. Young investigated and prosecuted complex narcotics and firearms crimes, financial crimes, immigration offenses, crimes against children offenses, and a myriad of violent crime offenses. In addition, Mrs. Young handled parallel investigations involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, just to name a few. Mrs. Young developed a reputation as a zealous litigator with a keen ability to connect with judges and jurors while building an impressive record handling narcotics, violent crime, firearm, white collar, and corruption cases. Before that, Mrs. Young served as the Assistant County Attorney and Assistant District Attorney handling murder, drug, DWI, and sexual assault cases in Hockley and Cochran Counties for nearly six years.
As a federal and state prosecutor, Mrs. Young handled thousands of criminal matters, tried over a hundred jury trials and briefed and argued multiple cases before State of Texas Appellate Courts. Throughout her career, Mrs. Young has developed close relationships with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Service, Texas Department of Public Safety, and numerous other law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Mrs. Young understands criminal law, the federal and state justice systems, governmental investigations, and the discovery process inside and out. Mrs. Young’s vast legal background allows her to provide our clients, who range from multi-billion dollar corporate clients to individual, hard-working West Texans, with the same direct, no-nonsense assessment as to how their investigation/prosecution may proceed.
If we could think of one word to describe Brandi Young, it would be loyalty. And so it seems poetic that her approach to the practice of law stems from a deep sense of loyalty. Loyalty to the firm. To her partners. And to her clients. She pours her heart and soul into every case that she takes on, often working into the early morning hours to chase down a potential legal issue.
What you see is what you get with Mrs. Young. Her bold (i.e. blunt) interactions and in-your-face assessments of a case are legendary in the Midland legal community. Instead of telling you what you want to hear, Brandi takes pride in telling you like it is. Even if it’s the news you don’t want to hear. Especially if it’s news you don’t want to hear. That kind of candor is exactly what makes her special. You can always count on Mrs. Young to shoot you straight and give you her best.
Brandi has called West Texas home for the past 25 years. While in law school at Texas Tech School of Law, Brandi fell in love with the Wild West. It is also where she met her husband – a true born and raised West Texan from Levelland, Texas, –and decided to make West Texas her permanent home.
