The Insider Advantage

We Know How They Fight — Because We Used to Fight for Them

Michael Young and Thomas Wallin spent years defending nursing homes. Now they use every tactic, strategy, and insider secret to hold those same facilities accountable.

Our Story

They Hired Us to Protect Them. Now We Use That Knowledge Against Them.

Early in their careers, Michael Young and Thomas Wallin worked on the other side. They sat in corporate boardrooms. They built defense strategies for some of California's largest nursing home chains. They learned firsthand how these facilities minimize abuse claims, hide evidence, and wear families down until they give up.

Then something changed. Case after case, they saw the human cost — elderly men and women suffering from preventable injuries, families devastated by neglect, and a system designed to protect profits over people. They could not stay silent.

Young and Wallin walked away from the defense side and founded California Nursing Home Law with a single mission: to use everything they know about how nursing homes defend themselves to tear those defenses apart.

Why the Insider Advantage Matters

  • 01 We know the exact playbook nursing homes use to deny claims
  • 02 We know where they hide evidence and how to find it
  • 03 We know which experts they rely on — and how to counter them
  • 04 We know the pressure points that force real settlements
  • 05 We have the trial experience to take any case to verdict
Meet Our Attorneys

Former Defense Lawyers. Fierce Plaintiffs' Advocates.

Attorney Michael Young — Founding Partner, California Nursing Home Law, former defense attorney turned elder abuse advocate

Michael Young

Founding Partner

Michael Young spent the first phase of his legal career inside the defense machinery of California's nursing home industry. He learned their strategies, their stalling tactics, and their methods for minimizing liability. Today, he uses every bit of that knowledge to dismantle their cases.

With decades of trial experience and a relentless work ethic, Michael has secured millions for families across the state. He is recognized as one of California's top nursing home abuse trial lawyers.

Trial Lawyer Former Defense Attorney
Attorney Thomas Wallin — Founding Partner, California Nursing Home Law, former defense attorney turned elder abuse advocate

Thomas Wallin

Founding Partner

Thomas Wallin knows the defense side of nursing home litigation inside and out — because he built those defenses for years. He represented facilities, insurance carriers, and corporate chains. He saw how the system was rigged against vulnerable elders and their families. That experience became his weapon.

Trial Lawyer Former Defense Attorney AV Preeminent
Our Track Record

Milestones That Define Our Firm

Decades of relentless advocacy, measured in results that matter.

75+

Years of combined legal experience on both sides of nursing home litigation

THE BEGINNING

Michael Young and Thomas Wallin begin their legal careers defending nursing home corporations and insurance carriers across California.

THE TURNING POINT

After witnessing the devastating consequences of institutional neglect, both attorneys leave defense work and dedicate their practice to representing elder abuse victims.

CALIFORNIA NURSING HOME LAW

Young & Wallin is founded with one mission: use insider defense knowledge to fight for the families and elders who need it most.

Ready to Put the Insider Advantage to Work for Your Family?

Call today for a free, confidential consultation. We take all cases on a contingency fee basis — you pay nothing unless we win.

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