Shawn Lindsay

Shawn Lindsay was born in Ukiah, California, on January 7, 1973,[1] and grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah, in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area.[2] He was raised by a single mother and earned a bachelor of arts degree from nearby Brigham Young University.[2][3] In 2001, he earned a juris doctorate from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.[3] A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), he is married to Amanda, and they have three daughters, with the family living in Hillsboro.[1][2]

Following law school, he moved to Oregon and passed the bar in 2002 and began practicing law.[4] Lindsay served as general counsel for Special Olympics Oregon in 2007 when he was with the law firm of Markowitz Herbold Glade & Mehlhaf as part of the firm’s pro bono work.[5] In May 2008, he was hired at Portland law firm Lane Powell as an associate attorney in the firm’s intellectual property and business groups.[3][6] In January 2011, he was promoted to counsel at the firm.[7] He was named as a Rising Star in August 2011 as among Oregon lawyers.[8]

Lindsay entered politics in 2010 when he entered the race for Oregon House district 30 to challenge incumbent David Edwards.[9] Edwards dropped out of the race in July 2010, and Lindsay faced Doug Ainge, the father of Eric Ainge, in the November general election.[9] Lindsay then defeated Ainge in the general election (53% to 46%) and took office the next January.[10]

During the 2011 legislative session Lindsay served as co-chair of the redistricting committee.[11] Lindsay announced in July 2011 that he would introduce a law to require parents to report their children missing within 24 hours in response to the acquittal of Casey Anthony in Florida.[12] In February 2012, he introduced the bill, but cited the disappearance of Kyron Horman as the impetus for the proposed law.[13] In August 2011, he declined to run for the Republican nomination in the special election for the open seat in Congress following David Wu’s resignation.[14] Lindsay lost his reelection bid in November 2012 to Democrat Joe Gallegos, and started a political action committee in December 2012.[15]

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