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| Sam Lindsay | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #12 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 3/17/1998 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | San Antonio, TX |
| Bachelors: | St. Mary`s U., B.A., 1974 |
| Law School: | U. of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1977 |
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Sam Lindsay is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. [1]
Early life and education
A native Texan, Lindsay graduated from St. Mary's University of San Antonio with his Bachelor's Degree in 1974 and later graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin with his Juris Doctor Degree in 1977.[1]
Professional career
After Law School, Lindsay was a in-house Staff Attorney for the Texas Aeronautics Commission from 1977 to 1979 before spending 20 years as an Attorney in the Dallas City Attorney's Office from 1979 to 1998. Lindsay was first the lead attorney for the Federal Litigation Section handling cases that are heard in the Federal Courts from 1979 to 1986. In 1986, Lindsay was promoted to the Chief of litigation division/executive assistant city attorney as he was the lead civil litigator for the City of Dallas from 1986 to 1990. In 1990, Lindsay was promoted to First Assistant City Attorney as he moved up to the next highest ranking attorney from the lead City Attorney. In 1991, Lindsay was the interim Lead City Attorney before being made permanent in the position in 1992 a role in which he served until his appointment to the Federal Bench in 1998.[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Texas
Lindsay was nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 8, 1997 to a new judgeship created by 104 Stat. 5089. Lindasy was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 11, 1998 and received commission on March 17, 1998.[1]
Notable cases
The notable case section on this page needs to be reformatted.
SMU student murder
Judge Lindsay presided in the trial of James McDaniel, who was convicted in the murder of Southern Methodist University student Meaghan Bosch. Bosch was killed by a drug overdose. McDaniel was convicted for Bosch's murder in July of 2009. Judge Lindsay sentenced McDaniel to life in prison on October 28, 2009 calling his actions inhumane and barbaric.[2]
See also
External links
- Judge Lindsay's Webpage at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Lindsay
- Judge Lindsay's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Northern District of Texas 1998–Current Seat #12 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
