JAMES M. LINDSAY
James M. Lindsay was born February 15, 1968 in Manteca, California and graduated from Manteca High School in 1986. He was Salutatorian of his high school class and was also named Valley Oak League Most Valuable Player in baseball in 1985. Mr. Lindsay attended California State University at Fresno and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics in 1989. Mr. Lindsay received a scholarship to attend Tulane University School of Law. He was the youngest member of his law school class and graduated in 1992.
Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Lindsay began working for the National Security Agency as an analyst and linguist. He has traveled and worked extensively throughout Eastern Europe. At that time, he was fluent in Russian and functional in Ukranian and Serbo-Croatian as well. He supported NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mr. Lindsay began his career in private practice at the law firm Mayall, Hurley, Knutsen, Smith & Green in Stockton, California. While at Mayall, he practiced in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage and complex civil litigation. Mr. Lindsay later joined the Law Office of Joseph Michael Sette in Dublin, California, a firm which almost exclusively engaged in the litigation and trial of insurance-related matters. Mr. Lindsay had worked previously with Mr. Sette at the Mayall firm. Within his first three years of practice, Mr. Lindsay had successfully tried several cases and was peer reviewed and rated through Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Lindsay subsequently moved to Modesto, California, and worked at Damrell, Nelson, Schrimp, Pallios, Pacher & Silva, where he handled complex civil litigation matters and started a successful family law practice. Mr. Lindsay left the Damrell firm along with Gene Stonebarger at the end of 2003 and formed Lindsay & Stonebarger in Sacramento. While with Lindsay & Stonebarger, Mr. Lindsay continued his successful insurance defense and family law practices and also began substantially concentrating on consumer class action work. Specifically, Lindsay & Stonebarger developed a highly successful practice litigating numerous claims relating to California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act. Mr. Lindsay formed Lindsay Law Corporation in 2010 and continued his consumer class action practice as well as handling other complex business litigation matters. In addition, Mr. Lindsay obtained a California Department of Real Estate broker license in 2013 and, since that time, has concentrated his efforts on real estate matters including syndication, brokerage and litigation.
Mr. Lindsay has successfully handled and tried numerous actions throughout the state of California. He has also handled several state and federal matters before various administrative agencies including the Department of Defense, Immigration & Naturalization Service and the Department of Consumer Affairs. Mr. Lindsay is licensed to practice before all courts in the state of California and several federal courts. He is counsel of record in several decisions contained within the various official reports of the appellate courts in the State of California including the decision of the California Supreme Court in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. (2011) 51 Cal.4th 524. He is also active with the Sacramento Association of Realtors and handles a wide array of real estate purchase and sale transactions.
Mr. Lindsay was a Judge Pro Tem in San Joaquin County from 1998 through 2002.
Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Lindsay began working for the National Security Agency as an analyst and linguist. He has traveled and worked extensively throughout Eastern Europe. At that time, he was fluent in Russian and functional in Ukranian and Serbo-Croatian as well. He supported NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mr. Lindsay began his career in private practice at the law firm Mayall, Hurley, Knutsen, Smith & Green in Stockton, California. While at Mayall, he practiced in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage and complex civil litigation. Mr. Lindsay later joined the Law Office of Joseph Michael Sette in Dublin, California, a firm which almost exclusively engaged in the litigation and trial of insurance-related matters. Mr. Lindsay had worked previously with Mr. Sette at the Mayall firm. Within his first three years of practice, Mr. Lindsay had successfully tried several cases and was peer reviewed and rated through Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Lindsay subsequently moved to Modesto, California, and worked at Damrell, Nelson, Schrimp, Pallios, Pacher & Silva, where he handled complex civil litigation matters and started a successful family law practice. Mr. Lindsay left the Damrell firm along with Gene Stonebarger at the end of 2003 and formed Lindsay & Stonebarger in Sacramento. While with Lindsay & Stonebarger, Mr. Lindsay continued his successful insurance defense and family law practices and also began substantially concentrating on consumer class action work. Specifically, Lindsay & Stonebarger developed a highly successful practice litigating numerous claims relating to California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act. Mr. Lindsay formed Lindsay Law Corporation in 2010 and continued his consumer class action practice as well as handling other complex business litigation matters. In addition, Mr. Lindsay obtained a California Department of Real Estate broker license in 2013 and, since that time, has concentrated his efforts on real estate matters including syndication, brokerage and litigation.
Mr. Lindsay has successfully handled and tried numerous actions throughout the state of California. He has also handled several state and federal matters before various administrative agencies including the Department of Defense, Immigration & Naturalization Service and the Department of Consumer Affairs. Mr. Lindsay is licensed to practice before all courts in the state of California and several federal courts. He is counsel of record in several decisions contained within the various official reports of the appellate courts in the State of California including the decision of the California Supreme Court in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. (2011) 51 Cal.4th 524. He is also active with the Sacramento Association of Realtors and handles a wide array of real estate purchase and sale transactions.
Mr. Lindsay was a Judge Pro Tem in San Joaquin County from 1998 through 2002.