| Linda Singer | |
| Office: | 12th Attorney General for the District of Columbia |
| Term Start: | January 2, 2007 |
| Term End: | January 5, 2008 |
| Successor: | Peter Nickles |
| Predecessor: | Robert Spagnoletti |
| Education: | Harvard University (AB, JD) |
| Birth Date: | September 14, 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Linda Singer (born September 14, 1966) is an American attorney who served as attorney general of the District of Columbia from January 2, 2007 to January 5, 2008,[1] and developed initiatives against gun violence.[2]
Singer was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1988 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1991. As a law student, 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 in New York in 2009.[6]
In 2017, Singer joined Motley Rice to grow the firm's public client practice.[7]