Texas Trial Attorney · Media Commentator · Speaker
Lindsay Richards is a Texas criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor in Travis, Williamson, and Fort Bend Counties. She has tried homicides, sexual assaults, DWI cases, and strangulation cases. Today she brings that dual perspective to television commentary, podcast interviews, and speaking engagements on the cases shaping Texas criminal justice.
Profile
Lindsay Richards has tried more criminal cases than she can count. As a former Assistant District Attorney in Travis, Williamson, and Fort Bend Counties, she prosecuted homicides, sexual assaults, DWI cases, and strangulation cases at the felony level. She was assigned to the family violence and sexual assault units in Travis County. She later took a grant funded position in Williamson County to help build the sexual assault unit, where she tried many of the most complex adult sexual assault cases the office handled.
Today, Lindsay brings that institutional knowledge to the other side of the courtroom as a Texas criminal defense attorney. Her experience as a prosecutor in three counties gives her a perspective most defense attorneys never have. She knows how the State builds cases, where evidence is weakest, and how prosecutors think under pressure.
Lindsay is increasingly sought by media for commentary on Texas criminal cases. Her dual perspective makes her one of the few voices who can speak with authority on sexual assault, family violence, and DWI cases from both sides of the courtroom.
Years Trying Texas Criminal Cases
Texas Counties as a Former Prosecutor
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The dynamics that shape sexual assault prosecutions and defenses, the consent jurisprudence that drives outcomes, and the cultural moment around survivors and the accused. Lindsay served on the Texas Sexual Assault Governor's Task Force from 2021 through 2023.
The patterns Texas prosecutors look for, the defenses that work and the ones that fail, and the systemic issues in how family violence is handled in Texas courts. Lindsay was assigned to the family violence unit in Travis County.
The science behind DWI cases, the procedure that determines outcomes, and the high stakes of intoxication assault and manslaughter charges. From traffic stop to verdict.
Real time analysis of the cases driving Texas headlines. Trial strategy, jury selection, evidentiary rulings, and the dynamics that shape verdicts in cases the country is watching.
The realities of prosecutorial discretion, the pressures that shape charging decisions, and how cases actually move through Texas county district attorney's offices. From someone who worked in three of them.
Lessons from a career spent trying serious cases. How great trial lawyers think, how they prepare, and how they handle the moments when everything is on the line.
Credentials
Lindsay earned her undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2011. She earned her Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law Houston in 2014, where she fell in love with trial advocacy.
Lindsay served as Assistant District Attorney in three Texas counties. In Travis County she was assigned to the family violence and sexual assault units. In Williamson County she held a grant funded position to help build the sexual assault unit and tried complex adult sexual assault cases. She also served in the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office. Today she is a Texas criminal defense attorney in private practice.
Lindsay served on the Texas Sexual Assault Governor's Task Force from 2021 through 2023. She is a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Travis County Women's Lawyers Association, the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Austin Bar Association, and the Williamson and Hays County Bar Associations. She mentors with Seedling, leads a church youth group, and supports SAFE and Hope Alliance.
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Honors
Hope Alliance
2023
Travis County Bar
2019
Office of the Governor of Texas
2021–2023
On Stage
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"The most credible voice in the room is the one who has stood on both sides of it."
Lindsay speaks to bar associations, continuing legal education programs, university law schools, journalism schools, conferences on criminal justice, and corporate audiences seeking insight into how the Texas criminal system actually works. Audiences appreciate her direct register, her courtroom storytelling, and her willingness to discuss difficult subjects with clarity.
Topics she has presented on include the prosecution and defense of sexual assault cases, family violence dynamics, DWI defense and the science of intoxication, trial advocacy and persuasion, jury selection in sensitive cases, and the realities of working inside a Texas district attorney's office.
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Media Inquiries
Lindsay is available for live and pre-recorded interviews on Texas criminal law, sexual assault and family violence cases, DWI defense, and high profile case analysis. Bookings are handled by Goldman McCormick PR with response within ninety minutes during business hours New York time.
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Speaking Inquiries
Lindsay speaks to bar associations, law schools, journalism programs, criminal justice conferences, and corporate audiences. Speaking inquiries are handled by Goldman McCormick PR.
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Lindsay welcomes notes from people who have watched her commentary, attended her talks, or simply have a thought to share. Please understand she cannot give legal advice, comment on pending cases, or respond to every message. For criminal defense representation, please contact her firm directly.
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