Brooks Lindsay, Founding Attorney
Brooks Lindsay is the Founding Attorney of Light Legal PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm for growing businesses and technology companies. He is a corporate and commercial-contracts attorney who uses his experience as a founder to help other founders and business leaders solve problems and succeed. Brooks is experienced in commercial transactions, tech transactions, IP matters, website and privacy issues, general corporate, entity formations, securities and finance, M&A, employment matters, and other common legal issues facing fast-growing companies and founders.
Brooks is particularly skilled at performing outside general counsel functions and quarterbacking across a spectrum of legal needs. He takes an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach that leverages his law, business, and entrepreneurial background to add maximum value to his clients. He always looks to find efficiencies, lower costs, and increase the speed of legal services for his clients, including by the active use of the best AI tools for lawyers.
Before founding Light Legal, Brooks was an attorney at top Seattle-based law firms for businesses, including Foster Garvey PC and TangoLaw PLLC, where he represented high-growth startups and technology companies.
Brooks received his B.A. from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a JD and MBA from the University of Washington. During his JD/MBA, Brooks gained business and tech legal experience at Amazon AWS, Intellectual Ventures, the UW Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic, and the UW Tech Policy Lab where he was a Hazelton Fellow.
Brooks was also a startup founder for five years after college, creating an online encyclopedia of debates and arguments called Debatepedia. He uses that experience to advise clients with a founder’s mindset - a lean mindset. In addition, Brooks was a communications professional early in his career with stints at the World Bank Group and at Nyhus Communications in Seattle. He believes that excellent, transparent, and timely communications are foundational to high-quality legal services. Brooks is 42 years old with 18 years of professional experience relevant to his legal career, including nearly 10 years as a business and technology lawyer.
Brooks is a member of the Washington State Bar. He lives in Seattle with his wife, son, and daughter.
Brooks Named 2025 Super Lawyer & Rising Star
Brooks Lindsay was selected to the 2025 Super Lawyers® class and recognized as a Rising Star, an honor reserved for only 2.5% of attorneys in each state. This prestigious distinction is awarded to outstanding lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional professional achievement and peer recognition in their careers. The rigorous selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations, making this recognition a testament to Brooks’ dedication, skill, and commitment to delivering exceptional legal representation for his clients.