Sam Allen Lindsay (born October 16, 1951) is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, with chambers in Dallas, Texas.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1998–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Dallas, TexasCity attorney · 1992–1998
- Dallas, TexasCity Attorney's Office · 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
- Texas Aeronautics CommissionStaff attorney · 1977–1979
Appointments
1998–present · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1977- St. Mary's University, TexasB.A. · 1974