Background
Robertson, Lindsay Gordon was born on November 16, 1959 in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States. Son of James Cole and Pauline Taylor Robertson.
Robertson, Lindsay Gordon was born on November 16, 1959 in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States. Son of James Cole and Pauline Taylor Robertson.
AB, Davidson College, North Carolina, 1981. Juris Doctor, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1986. Master of Arts, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1986.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1997.
Associate Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Washington, 1986—1989, Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross, Washington, 1989—1990. Attorney McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Charlottesville, 1992—1993. Judicial clerk Honorary Sue L. Robinson, United States.
District Judge, Wilmington, Delaware, 1994—1996. Attorney McGuire Woods, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1996—1997. Visiting associate professor University Oklahoma College Law, Norman, 1997—1998, associate professor, 1998—2003, professor, since 2003.
Lecturer University Virginia, School Law, 1990—1994, 1996—1997. Private sector advisor United States Delaware to the Working Group on the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, 2004—2006, United States Delaware Organization of American States Draft American Declaration on the Rights Indigenous People, Washington, 2004—2007, United States Delaware to United Nations CERD, Geneva, 2008. Faculty director Center Study American Indian Law and Policy, Norman, since 1997.
Member advisory committee, international law United States Department State, since 2010. Special counsel Governor of Oklahoma on Indian Affairs, since 2000. Special justice Supreme Court of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Concho, Oklahoma, since 2004.
Board directors Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Oklahoma City, 1998—2004. Member NAIC, Norman, since 2004. Member of American Bar Association, American Society Legal History, Oklahoma Indian Bar Association.
Children: Eliza W., John B.