Lyndsey Gallagher

Lyndsey is devoted to championing justice for the marginalized, oppressed, and exploited. She first launched her private practice in 2015 in Westlake, California, in civil and education law, focusing on children with disabilities and mental illness. For a decade, she fought for educational equality and inclusion at every phase of the special education process – from diagnosis to graduation with the goal of training parent-clients to become effective advocates for their children. In her first trial, Lyndsey won on all triable issues setting meaningful precedent for school safety through appropriate intervention for a 16-year old male requiring bathroom assistance. She also worked on cases setting precedent for attorneys fees in the 9th Circuit. In 2019, Lyndsey joined the Zalkin Law Firm, LLP in San Diego as co-counsel on a multi-plaintiff sex abuse case against an authoritarian religious cult. Soon after, Lyndsey joined Zalkin exclusively where she began handling a broad range of sex abuse cases, ranging from high profile cult and medical abuse cases, to local school districts. A proud graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Lyndsey earned a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society with honors. She later obtained her Juris Doctorate from Santa Barbara College of Law. She holds licenses to practice in the U.S. Southern, Central, and Eastern District Courts. She is an active member of the National Crime Victims Bar Association (NCVBA), the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), the California Attorney Parent Association (CAPCA), the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and was a member of the William L. Inn of Court in Santa Barbara awarded to the top five students in her class. Lyndsey also serves on the Board of Directors for Raising Hope in Thousand Oaks, supporting foster youth as they transition out of the foster system. When she’s not entrenched in the work she loves, travel, yoga, and sandy beach days with her three boys.