Lindsay M. Pickral
Attorney
Attorney Lindsay Pickral’s practice focuses on estate planning, special needs and long-term care planning, guardianship and conservatorship, and estate and trust and administration. She is also a certified guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults.
Lindsay understands that her practice occurs at a unique crossroads, where legal strategy intersects with complex family dynamics and emotions, and she unfailingly offers her clients an empathetic and compassionate ear alongside her keen legal eye.
Untimely deaths in Lindsay’s close family, especially the 2014 death of her special-needs daughter, drive Lindsay’s specific passion for working with special-needs families and planning for uncertain futures. When day-to-day challenges and complex healthcare conditions make it impossible to anticipate what’s ahead, Lindsay offers thoughtful guidance and frequently reminds her clients, “We plan for the worst, and then we hope and pray for the best.”
A frequent speaker on topics affecting special-needs families, Lindsay is also an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond Law School, teaching Aging and Disability Law. A member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Lindsay is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law, where she served as president of the McNeill Law Society and as annual survey editor of the Law Review. She is also an alumna of the University of Virginia, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in government and edited the sports page of The Cavalier Daily. Prior to attending law school, Lindsay served as district representative for an area member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Education
- University of Richmond, J.D., magna cum laude, 2009
Annual Survey Editor, University of Richmond Law Review
President, McNeill Law Society
Moot Court Board
CALI Book Award, Corporations
Richmond Law Book Award, Lawyering Skills
Publication: Close to Crucial: The H-2B Visa Program Must Evolve, but Must Endure, 42 U. RICH. L. REV. 1011 (2008) - University of Virginia, B.A., Government, 2002
Admissions and Certifications
- All Virginia courts including the Supreme Court of Virginia
- Certified guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults (2018 – present)
Honors
- John C. Kenny Pro Bono Award (2021)
- Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© “Ones to Watch,” in the field of Elder Law and Trusts and Estates (2021-2024)
- Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite,” Young Lawyer (Under 40) (2019-2022); Elder Law category (2023)
- The Allison Held Volunteer Award, 2011, LINC (Legal Information Network for Cancer)
Affiliations
- Virginia State Bar
- Bar Association of the City of Richmond
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
- Virginia Chapter of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (VAELA)
- Metropolitan Richmond Women’s Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Adjunct Professor, University of Richmond School of Law, Aging and Disability Law Practicum (2022-present)
- Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board, Virginia Bar Association representative (2021-present), Chair (2023-present)
- Huguenot Road Baptist Church
