Michael J. Lindner
Judge, Fairfax General District Court (19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia)
In office
July 1, 2015 - Present
Personal details
Born
Michael Joshua Lindner[1]

1959
Tallahassee, Florida
Alma materAmerican University Washington College of Law (J.D.)

Michael Joshua Lindner is a judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit General District Court of Virginia (Fairfax), in the United States, elected February 25, 2015 by the Virginia Senate[2] and the Virginia House of Delegates,[3] for a 6-year term commencing July 1, 2015.[4] His election was preceded by a selection process wherein candidates were evaluated by the Fairfax Bar Judicial Selection Committee which issued an Executive Summary on his candidacy.[5]

Education

He received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Kenyon College in 1981. A graduate of the American University Washington College of Law, Lindner was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 2001.[5]

Career

Despite success in producing computer video games at Legend Entertainment,[6] Lindner switched careers and launched his own law firm in Fairfax in 2001, focusing primarily on criminal and traffic litigation.[5]

As a criminal defense attorney, he handled difficult cases such as homicide trials[7] and representation of persons wrongly held in custody.[8] He served as a substitute judge from 2010 to 2015 and presided over causes in General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District courts throughout Northern Virginia.[9] He helped reinvigorate, and from 2012 to 2015, was Co-Chair of the Fairfax Bar Criminal Law Practice Section,[9] serving for the first year in collaboration with David Bernhard.

As a Judge, he has pioneered[10] and promoted[11] implementation of the model Veterans Treatment Docket program,[12] and presided over its first graduates.[13] The program takes a novel hybrid approach, integrating the resolution of criminal cases for criminally-involved veterans with mental health and substance abuse treatment and veteran mentorship.[12] The program has not been without controversy, initially struggling to gain legislative support in the Virginia General Assembly.[14] However, the Supreme Court of Virginia enacted a rule regularizing the existence of such specialty dockets.[15] Lindner's accomplishments both in private practice and as a judge, and perseverance in nurturing the Veterans Treatment Docket, resulted in him being named a "Leader in the Law" by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2016.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Joshua Lindner Profile | Fairfax, VA Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Senate Resolution No. 121 - February 25, 2015". lis.virginia.gov.
  3. ↑ "House Resolution No. 298 - February 25, 2015". lis.virginia.gov.
  4. ↑ "Michael J. Lindner - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia.
  5. 1 2 3 "Executive Summary: January 2015 Fairfax General District Court Judicial Screening" (PDF). cdn.ymaws.com.
  6. ↑ Goninon, Mark (2015-09-09). "Where are they now? - Michael J. Lindner". Choicest Games. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  7. ↑ "Md. man convicted in killing of donut shop owner". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  8. ↑ "Illegal Immigrants Held As Witnesses for Trial". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  9. 1 2 "Judge Michael Lindner General District Court Investiture Aug. 6 - Fairfax County, Virginia". fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  10. ↑ "A troubled Marine goes to Veterans' Court: 'I didn't want to do this. At all.'". Washington Post.
  11. ↑ Fairfax County Government (2016-06-14), Veteran's Treatment Docket - Fairfax County State of Public Safety, retrieved 2017-05-09
  12. 1 2 "Veterans Treatment Docket - Fairfax County, Virginia". fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  13. ↑ "Veterans Docket Celebrates First Graduation". fairfaxcounty.gov.
  14. ↑ "Veteran Treatment Dockets Struggle to Find Support in Virginia General Assembly". The Veterans Law and Benefits Blog. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  15. ↑ "Rule 1:25, Supreme Court of Virginia" (PDF). courts.state.va.us.
  16. ↑ "Presenting the 'Leaders in the Law' Class of 2016 – Virginia Lawyers Weekly". Virginia Lawyers Weekly. 26 August 2016.
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