LEGAL + EXPERT COMMENTARY

A TRUSTED LEGAL VOICE for COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS

Margo Lindauer, JD, LLM brings decades of legal, academic, and advocacy experience to conversations surrounding domestic violence, sexual violence, criminal trials, trauma-informed law and the systems that shape survivors’ experiences.

Available for television, radio, print, podcasts + breaking-news analysis.

What Margo can speak to

Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence

Legal systems, survivor experiences, coercive control, barriers to safety, and access to justice

Gender-Based and Sexual Violence

Institutional responses, accountability, victim blaming, and public narratives

High-Profile Criminal Cases

Legal proceedings, courtroom dynamics, criminal responsibility, and the broader cultural implications of highly publicized cases

Trauma-Informed Law and Advocacy

How trauma intersects with legal processes, representation, and policy

Law, Policy and Institutional Accountability

Courts, law enforcement, government systems, and policy responses

Women, Families and the Legal System

Family law, child welfare, reproductive and social justice issues

Professor · Attorney · Scholar · Advocate · Media Commentator

Margo K. Lindauer, JD, LLM

  • JD, Northeastern University School of Law

  • LLM with Distinction, Georgetown University Law Center

  • Former Director, Northeastern Law Domestic Violence Clinic

  • Faculty, Vermont Law School

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RECENT and RELEVANT COMMENTARY

Margo is regularly called on by national and local media to provide legal context and expert analysis on domestic violence, gender-based violence, high-profile criminal cases + systemic accountability.

NBC BOSTOn

What happens after the Lindsay Clancy mistrial?

Weighing murder charges against the Duxbury mother who killed her three children, jurors told the judge they have been unable to reach a verdict, and he told them to keep trying. Analysts, including Margo Lindauer, talk about the possibility of a hung jury and what will happen if the case ends in a mistrial.

Boston 25 News

Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial & sentencing

Margo discusses what the verdict and sentencing mean for survivors of abuse + broader questions of accountability.

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COURT TV

The Disappearance of Ana Walshe

Margo joins Vinnie Politan Investigates to provide legal context and analysis surrounding the high-profile Massachusetts case.

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Boston 25 News

Domestic Violence + Police Accountability

Margo weighs in on systemic failures in police reporting and the handling of domestic violence cases.

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THE BOSTON GLOBE

Sandra Birchmore & the “Blame the Victim” Defense

Margo provides expert context on victim-blaming and institutional accountability in the high-profile case.

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LOOKING for an EXPERT SOURCE?

Margo is available to provide legal context, expert commentary and experience-based analysis for breaking news, feature reporting, television, radio, podcasts and print.