Vote Max Lindsey
Bayfield County Judge
“It’s time.
I have an unbiased, considerate, and fervent respect for the law.
I will serve Bayfield County communities with integrity and impartiality in the courtroom. Vote for me on April 6.”
I am a fifth-generation Bayfield County resident and have built my life with the intention of serving as Circuit Court Judge for Bayfield County. My desire to practice law and commitment to Bayfield County started at a young age when I witnessed the profound impact that my father, Tom Lindsey, had on our community through his legal practice and serving as Bayfield County Judge.
I was 19 and on my first date with my (now) wife, Kelsey, when we had a discussion about our futures. My comment to her was, “after I graduate, I am going to go to law school, move back to Washburn to be an attorney, and run for judge.” Luckily, she was on board. The next decade was spent forging life, education, and career around this dream before moving back to Washburn in 2017 to raise our two children and continue the pursuit.
I have now been practicing law in Northern Wisconsin and advocating for our community for nine years. I’ve done my due diligence to prepare myself with the experiences and knowledge to be able to confidently serve Bayfield County as a competent, empathic, and impartial Judge, and now
—it’s time.
“It’s time” is my campaign slogan.
Here is why:
Q&A
Why are you running for Bayfield County Judge?
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Because “it’s time”: for the last 23 years, Bayfield County hasn’t been given much of a choice of who they want to be sitting on the bench. It’s time that Bayfield County had a choice. It has been my lifelong dream to serve our community in this way, and I’m now ready and qualified.
While I believe qualifications go further than accolades, I’ll sum up my legal resume:
I obtained my law degree from Albany Law School in Albany, NY, where I graduated 3rd in my class out of 204 students. I was elected by my peers to serve as Class President, was Student Editor in Chief for the NY Environmental Lawyer, and a published member of the Albany Law Review. After law school, I worked as a law clerk in the Northern District of New York Federal Courthouse under Hon. Mae D’Agostino, where I was actively involved with all elements of judicial practice at the trial court level: criminal trials and sentencing, civil jury trials and mediations, and drafting decisions for contested motion practice. I finished my career in New York as an attorney at large firm, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, where I gained exposure to a wide array of legal issues - big and small.
In 2017, I moved back to Washburn where I was admitted to the WI State Bar Association and joined the general-practice firm of Dallenbach, Anich, & Wickman, S.C. in Ashland, WI. Two years later I became a partner and the firm name switched to Anich, Wickman, and Lindsey S.C. For the last nine years I’ve built my law practice by providing a wide range of legal representation for clients across all areas of northern Wisconsin.
What are your qualifications to be Bayfield County Judge?
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What are your ties to Bayfield County?
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I am a fifth-generation Bayfield County resident. My great-great grandparents received a homestead deed from the US Government to a land allotment in the Mason area in 1891 and we haven’t left! I grew up in Washburn and graduated from Washburn High School. My dad was an attorney for years in Bayfield County, before serving as Bayfield County Circuit Court Judge; my mom still lives in my childhood home and was an elementary school librarian. Since moving back home, I have been involved in the community in countless ways.
My wife and I are raising two awesome kids here. We’ve built two small businesses through which we run multiple fundraising campaigns for local not-for-profits, and employ several people within our community. I’m proud to have been elected to the Washburn School Board and to be a Little League Baseball coach. I currently serve as City Attorney for both Washburn and Bayfield, and provide legal services to several other Bayfield County municipalities. I am proudly engrained in this County and its communities.
Wasn’t there another Judge Lindsey?
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My dad was Tom Lindsey, who was elected as Bayfield County Judge in 2001 and served briefly before passing away from cancer in 2002. My dad was—and still is—one of the most well-liked and respected men I’ve ever known. He is my inspiration for much of my life: from the father and husband I am, to my career in law, and desire to run for Judge in Bayfield County.
Though, I am not running this campaign based on his legacy.
A large reason I chose to practice law in Ashland rather than returning to my dad’s old firm of Spears, Carlson & Coleman in Washburn was to carve out my own role in the community. I’ve since developed my own reputation, skill, and identity in the law and within Bayfield County that I am proud of.
I know he’d be proud, too.
