Before founding Barron Ward, Lynsey ran her own law practice and was a partner at the law firm Miller & Martin PLLC where she headed up the firm’s white collar criminal defense practice. She spent several years in Jones Day’s Atlanta office, where she focused her practice on white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. In addition to her Big Law experience, Lynsey was in-house counsel for United Parcel Service (UPS), where she managed compliance, investigations, data privacy, and cyber security. She has significant experience managing internal investigations, ethics and compliance issues including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and international trade regulation and compliance. 

Lynsey is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice at Emory University School of Law where she teaches White Collar Crime, Federal Criminal Practice, and Sentencing Law and Policy. She clerked for Judge Beverly B. Martin on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Before becoming an attorney, Lynsey had a career in politics. She was a Legislative Assistant for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and she also served as the Staff Director for the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. She was a federal lobbyist for the American Association of University Women, where she lobbied on education policy and civil rights issues, and then for the March of Dimes where she lobbied on health care access issues. 

Lynsey graduated with honors from Emory University School of Law, where she received a full-tuition scholarship as a Robert Woodruff Fellow. She holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and is All But Dissertation (ABD). She graduated from Berry College with undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Religion.