Bruce Lindsey

Bruce R. Lindsey (born 1948) is an American lawyer and non-profit executive. He served in the White House during the Presidency of Bill Clinton. He was named in a lawsuit during the Whitewater controversy, and he testified before a grand jury regarding the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding Bill Clinton in the run-up to his impeachment. He was a partner of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a Little Rock, Arkansas-based law firm, and served as chairman of the Clinton Foundation.

Early life Lindsey received a bachelor's degree from Rhodes College (formerly Southwestern at Memphis) and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center. He was admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1975 and the D.C. Bar in 1999. It was then that he first met Bill Clinton. In 1993, Lindsey was also Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel where he supervised the selection and approval of political appointees in the Cabinet departments and to presidential boards and commissions. When the bankers were cleared, his case fell into abeyance.

Lindsey joined the Foundation in 2001 as general counsel and served as CEO from 2003 to 2013 splitting his time between the Foundation's New York and Little Rock offices. They have two daughters, Katherine Gates Lindsey and Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. Since 2006, he has been married to Hallie W. Lindsey.