Email: lindsey@tuftlaw.com
Phone: (651) 357-1893
Fax: (651) 771-0850
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Lindsey O’Connell is a shareholder at Tuft, Lach, Jerabek & O’Connell, PLLC. Lindsey practices almost exclusively in the area of family law, but has also practiced in the area of professional responsibility and general civil matters, including partition actions and helping non-profit organizations obtain 501(c)(3) status. She is a Rule 114 qualified neutral doing mediations and early neutral evaluations and she is also a Parenting Consultant.
In 2025, Lindsey was named a Super Lawyer®, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. From 2017-2024, Lindsey was named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers®. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Minnesota receive that distinction. Lindsey has also been named to the list of The Best Lawyers in America© since 2021.
Lindsey has had domestic and sexual abuse training and was a Guardian ad Litem in Ramsey County where she represented the best interests of children in need of protection or services in Juvenile Court. She continued her work with the Guardian ad Litem program by representing Guardians in court in cases involving abused or neglected children. Having been a former Guardian ad Litem provides Lindsey with a unique insight that can help her clients if a Guardian is appointed on their case or needs to be appointed on their case.
Currently, Lindsey is the Chair of the 19th District Ethics Committee. Lindsey was the 2022 President of the Washington County Bar Association and remains on the Board. She is currently also on the Board of the Family Law League, which promotes collegiality within the family law profession, and is on the Public Relations committee for the Minnesota chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Lindsey is an Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School and has presented at several conferences, CLEs, and presentations, and enjoys those opportunities to teach and share her perspective. Volunteering is also important to Lindsey. She volunteers in Ramsey County as a volunteer mediator for family law cases and for the family law legal advice clinic. Lindsey also volunteers for Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services in their divorce clinic. Lindsey’s range of experience and her leadership and involvement in the community and family law profession help serve her clients.
Current Employment Position:
- Shareholder/Attorney
- Rule 114 Qualified Neutral
- Mediator
- SENE and FENE Provider
- Parenting Consultant
Bar Admissions:
- Minnesota, 2014
Education:
- William Mitchell College of Law, MN, J.D, 2014 Magna Cum Laude
- University of Minnesota Duluth, MN, B.A, 2011 Magna Cum Laude
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Ramsey County Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Washington County Bar Association, board member
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- Family Law League, board member
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, MN Chapter, Public Relations Committee
Honors and Awards:
- Named as a Super Lawer to the Minnesota Super Lawyers list, 2025
- Named by Super Lawyers to the Minnesota list of Rising Star Attorneys 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Named to the list of The Best Lawyers®2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Presentations/Trainings:
- Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, Family Law Institute 2025, “Business Valuations: What Our Experts Want Us to Know”
- AFCC-MN ENE Training, Trainer, February 2024-present
- Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, Hot Topics in Family Law ADR: Strategies for Resolving Difficult Divorces, December 2024
- Central Minnesota Legal Services Presentation, December 2024
- Washington County Bar Association, October 2023, “Thoughts from the Bench: Family Law”
- Washington County Bar Association, June 2021, “Washington County Judges Meet and Greet”
- Washington County Bar Association, March 2021, “What You Should Know: Zoom Trial Practice”
- Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, Family Law Institute 2021, “The Impact of the Pandemic on Family Law Practice”
- Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, The New Lawyer Experience 2018, “Candid Advice for New Lawyers”
- Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, Family Law Institute 2017, “Driving Your Spousal Maintenance Case: The Importance of Sound Budgets”
Volunteer/Pro Bono Activities:
- Chair, 19th District Ethics Committee, 2025 to present
- Volunteer Attorney Investigator for the 19thDistrict Ethics Committee, 2019 to 2024
- Volunteer Mediator for Ramsey County, 2019 to present
- Volunteer Attorney for SMRLS divorce clinic, 2018 to present
- Volunteer Attorney for Ramsey County Legal Clinic, 2018 to present
- Mentor for law students at Mitchell Hamline, 2015 to 2019
- Volunteer Attorney for Tubman Pro Bono Safety Project, 2014 to 2019
- Volunteer Guardian ad Litem for Ramsey County, 2012 to 2015
