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.
COURT TV
The Disappearance of Ana Walshe
Margo joins Vinnie Politan Investigates to provide legal context and analysis surrounding the high-profile Massachusetts case.
Boston 25 News
Domestic Violence + Police Accountability
Margo weighs in on systemic failures in police reporting and the handling of domestic violence cases.
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.
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.
