He grew up and attended school in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
[2] Lemmond worked as an assistant District Attorney in Luzerne County[2] and in 1979 he was appointed by Governor Dick Thornburgh to fill a vacancy on the Luzerene County Court of Common Pleas.
[2] He was a member of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and the Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
[3] He served on the Impeachment Trial Committee weighing the charges against Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen.
He sponsored legislation to implement hearing screenings for newborns.