[1] Formerly a lawyer in private practice in Norfolk, substitute judge in that court for 16 years and Democratic politician, he represented (part-time) the 90th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2014 until November 15, 2020, when he resigned to accept the judicial appointment; fellow Democrat Angelia Williams Graves succeeded to the seat.
[2][3] Born in Norfolk, Lindsey graduated from Booker T. Washington High School before attending the Hampton Institute.
[4] He won the 2014 special election to succeed retiring incumbent Algie Howell.
[5] In the 2020 session, a bill which Lindsey had proposed allowing judges to inform juries of the range of criminal sentences passed and was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam on March 4, 2020.
[8] Judge Lindsey and his wife of 28 years, Rhoda, have two children, Ashley and Jason.