Advocacy
Lindsay has been practicing law for more than 20 years. She began her legal career as a Fellowship Attorney with the Georgia Capital Defender, based in Atlanta. Lindsay subsequently spent 12 years working within the Federal Defender system, first in Georgia and later in California. She served as the Assistant Chief of the Capital Habeas Unit for the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of California before leaving to go into private practice in 2020.
During her time with the Federal Defender, Lindsay helped form her office’s diversity committee, and co-led intern recruitment and training programs for her office. A longtime racial justice advocate, Lindsay has been a member of the national Implicit Bias Network, a leading resource on implicit bias, structural racism and inequality. In her current practice, Lindsay divides her time between consulting, contract work and immigration advocacy.
During law school, Lindsay studied abroad at the University of Cape Town (South Africa). She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Law.
Notable cases and projects:
- Parole Board Grants Clemency To Condemned Taylor County Prisoner, Ledger-Enquirer (April 20, 2012).
- Inmate Appeals To US Supreme Court, Accusing Juror Of Racism, BBC (September 9, 2015).
- Georgia’s Only Woman On Death Row Sues Over ‘Mortal Fear’ During Delayed Execution, HuffPost (March 12, 2015).
- Project Unite collaboration, Vecina (May 2021).
