| Joe Lindsey | |
| Birthname: | Joseph Cornell Lindsey |
| State Delegate: | Virginia |
| District: | 90th |
| Term Start: | September 18, 2014 |
| Term End: | November 15, 2020 |
| Preceded: | Algie Howell |
| Succeeded: | Angelia Williams Graves |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Rhoda Venetia German |
| Residence: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Alma Mater: | Hampton Institute (BA) American University (JD) |
| Website: | www.delegatejoelindsey.com |
Joseph Cornell Lindsey (born August 10, 1959) is a Virginia judge in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Formerly a lawyer in private practice in Norfolk, substitute judge in that court for 16 years and Democratic politician, he represented (part-time) the 90th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2014 until November 15, 2020, when he resigned to accept the judicial appointment; fellow Democrat Angelia Williams Graves succeeded to the seat.[1] [2] [3]
Born in Norfolk, Lindsey graduated from Booker T. Washington High School before attending the Hampton Institute. After receiving a B.A. in political science in 1981, he went to Washington, D.C. to study law, and received a J.D. from American University in 1984.[4] [5]
Lindsey had a general legal practice in Norfolk, and his district encompassed part of Norfolk and part of Virginia Beach. He won the 2014 special election to succeed retiring incumbent Algie Howell.[6] Voters have since re-elected Lindsey (who faced no opponents in 2015, 2017 and 2019).[5] In the 2020 session, a bill which Lindsey had proposed allowing judges to inform juries of the range of criminal sentences passed and was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam on March 4, 2020.[7]
Lindsey served as the Chair of the Privileges and Elections Committee.[8]
Judge Lindsey and his wife of 28 years, Rhoda, have two children, Ashley and Jason.