Sam A. Lindsay

Personal

Birthday: 
1951
Birthplace: 
San Antonio, TX
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Staff attorney, Texas Aeronautics Commission, 1977-1979
City Attorney`s Office, Dallas, Texas, 1979-1991; head, Federal Litigation Section, 1979-1986; chief, Litigation Division and executive assistant city attorney, 1986-1990; first assistant city attorney, 1990-1991; acting city attorney, 1991
City attorney, Dallas, Texas, 1992-1998

Education

Name of School: 
St. Mary`s University, Texas
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1974
Name of School - Second: 

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1977

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Court Name: 

Texas Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
William J. Clinton
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
3/17/1998