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Lindsey Ann Freeman
Confirmed Trump 2.0
Confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
On August 20, 2025, President Trump nominated Lindsey Ann Freeman to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. She was confirmed on December 2, 2025.
Biography
Lindsey Ann Freeman earned degrees from University of Pennsylvania Law School (2008 – 2011), Wharton Business School; Certificate in Business and Public Policy (2009 – 2011), and Harvard University (2001 – 2005).
Legal Experience
Freeman currently works at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina as First Assistant U.S. Attorney (2025 – Present) and Assistant U.S. Attorney (2021 – present). She has also worked as Chief of Staff and Deputy Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Associate Attorney General (2020). Her work history also includes:
- U.S. Department of Justice, Officer of Legal Policy
- Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel (2019 – 2020)
- Counsel (2017 – 2019)
- O’Melveny & Myers
- Counsel (2016- 2017)
- Associate (2015 – 2016)
- Associate, O’Melveny & Myers (2012 – 2014)
- Law Clerk, Judge John Rogers U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2011 – 2012)
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (2008 – 2011)
- Legal Writing Instructor (2010 – 2011)
- Graduate Associate (2009 0 2011)
- Research Assistant for Professor Stephanos Bibas and Professor William Burke-White (2008 – 2009)
- Summer Law Clerk, U.S. Department of State Office of the Legal Adviser (2010)
- Summer Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton (2010)
- Summer Law Clerk, Office of the President (2009)
- Office Associate, HF Bar Ranch (2008)
- Women Thrive Worldwide (2006 – 2008)
- Senior Trade Associate (2007 – 2008)
- Trade Associate (2006 – 2007)
- Waitress, Friendly’s (2006)
- Trustman Fellow, Harvard University (2005 – 2006)
Key Facts and Context
- Federalist Society (2016 – Present)
- Defended a large insurance company against a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit after a whistleblower filed a complaint alleging that the company and its owner diagnosed and billed certain Medicare patients with more severe conditions in order to request higher reimbursements. (U.S. ex. Rel. Graves v. Plaza Medical Centers Corp.)
- Defended Sysco Corporation against a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission to seek a preliminary injunction against the merger of Sysco and U.S. foods until an FTC administrative law judge could hold an administrative hearing to assess the merger’s legality. The D.C. district court granted the FTC’s motion and a few days later Sysco announced it had terminated its merger agreement. (FTC v. Sysco Corp.)
- Career in the U.S. Attorney’s Office consists of dealing with criminal investigations related to crimes dealing with gun violence, drug trafficking and child pornography charges.
- Co-counsel in prosecuting defendant for possession of a firearm by a felon. Defendant was pulled over after officers suspected they were driving while intoxicated. The defendant then attempted to flee the scene and was later found while in hiding. (United States v. Allred)
- Lead counsel in prosecuting defendant for possession of child pornography and traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sexual activity (U.S. v. Miller)
- Primary attorney from investigation to charging and through to sentencing the defendant who was charged with and pled to possession of a firearm by a felon after terrorizing his then-girlfriend on several occasions and shooting at her twice while her young child was in the house. (U.S. v. Long-Booker)
- Lead counsel in the prosecution of a defendant for armed robbery, after they entered a gas station armed with a handgun. (U.S. v. Rasheed)
- Lead counsel in the prosecution of five defendants for their participation in a drug trafficking ring that coordinated an extensive distribution operation in the Middle District of North Carolina. (U.S. v. Dauti et al.)