--- title: "Lindsey Ann Freeman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lindsey-ann-freeman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Lindsey Ann Freeman U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina - State: North Carolina - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - U.S. district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, confirmed by the Senate on December 2, 2025, and sworn in on December 19, 2025 - 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 - Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017-2020; counsel, 2017-2019; chief of staff and senior counsel, 2019-2020 - Comments editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and held the role of a law clerk to Judge John M. Rogers on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2011–2012) ### Education - University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Certificate in Business and Public Policy, 2011 - University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) — J.D. (2011) - Harvard University — B.A. (2005) ### Additional information - Nominated by President Donald Trump on September 15, 2025, to replace Judge Catherine Eagles, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2024. - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2015-2017 - Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2012-2014 - Her DOJ work included antitrust, product liability, and white-collar criminal cases ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide 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. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762086) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762086) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762086) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Lindsey Ann Freeman](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762086) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lindsey-ann-freeman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lindsey-ann-freeman", "name": "Lindsey Ann Freeman | KnowJudges", "description": "Lindsey Ann Freeman, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.