Lindsey Ann Freeman at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina · Federal
- Judicial service
- December 19, 2025–present
Lindsey Ann Freeman
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. John M. Rogers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2011-2012 Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2012-2014 Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2015-2017 Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017-2020; counsel, 2017-2019; chief of staff and senior counsel, 2019-2020 Chief of staff and deputy associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2020 Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of North Carolina, 2021-2025; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2025
Education
- Harvard University · B.A., 2005
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Certificate in Business and Public Policy, 2011
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) · J.D., 2011
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762086Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts