Linda Singer

Linda Singer (born September 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American attorney. She was the Attorney General of the District of Columbia from January 2, 2007 to January 5, 2008,[1] and developed initiatives against gun violence.[2]

Education and career

Singer is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (B.A. 1988) and Harvard Law School (J.D. 1991) where she was a leader of student protests against discrimination in law school faculty hiring.[3][4]

She was a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of New York's Criminal Defense Division. She became the executive director of the Appleseed Foundation, and served in this post for 13 years.[5]

She became a partner with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC in New York in 2009.[6]

In 2017, Linda joined Motley Rice to grow the firm's public client practice.[7]

See also
  • List of female state attorneys-general in the United States

References
  1. Nakamura, David; Leonnig, Carol D. (2007-12-18). "Attorney General Quits; Clash With Fenty Aide Cited". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. Rizo, Chris (2008-06-18). "Singer to join DC law firm". Legal Newsline. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. Boykin, Keith. "Barack Obama, Fellow Blacks and Harvard Law". The New Black Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  4. Paul Langner, Jan. 30, 1992 Boston Globe
  5. Reynolds, Julie (October 2007). "A Conversation With D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer". DC Bar, Washington Lawyer. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  6. "Professionals - Linda Singer, Partner". Cohen Milstein. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  7. "Motley Rice Adds Two Members, Expands Public Client Experience". Motley Rice. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
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