Lindsay Pickral

A professional calling, driven by personal experience

It was the death of her special-needs daughter at just 15 months that made Lindsay Pickral understand how decisions made today can have implications in the future. “When you’re in crisis mode, it is impossible to think about the long term,” says Lindsay. “I am here to help people in those situations.”

Lindsay honors Laura Grace’s memory each day at ThompsonMcMullan, where she serves families seeking to get their legal and financial lives in order through estate planning, estate and trust administration, long-term care planning, and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. She has a special emphasis on special-needs clients and disability planning, offering guidance and access to families and caregivers who are often living under challenging circumstances and managing complex healthcare conditions.

“This is an emotional field of law, and over time I have become comfortable with the uncomfortable topics of disability and death. I offer confident, practical guidance and recommendations to people who may not see a light at the end of the tunnel,” she says. “I have walked in their shoes, and I am here to guide them.”

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 house of representatives.

Operating out of the Firm’s Midlothian office*, as well as a native and current resident of Midlothian, Lindsay is active in community organizations and her church — in particular MOPS International, a group supporting and encouraging mothers of young children. Her own three young kids keep her and her husband, George, on their toes – and laughing until their sides hurt. And it is her late daughter who keeps her motivated to help our clients every day.

“After my daughter died, I had to find a way to continue caring for her, even if she was gone,” Lindsay says. “My work at this firm fulfills that purpose and gives me time in my life to set aside, just for her, to make something of a life cut too short.”

*While Lindsay operates her practice primarily from the Midlothian office, she is available to meet with clients at either the Midlothian or Shockoe location.