The Team

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Executive Director

Lindsay Herf

Lindsay Herf is the Executive Director for the Arizona Justice Project (AJP). Lindsay’s legal work has focused on post-conviction litigation in state and federal court and representation of clients before the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency.  

Lindsay began innocence work as a law student in the California Innocence Project and started her legal career with the AJP in 2008 working on cases where DNA testing could resolve a claim of innocence. She worked in Washington D.C. on the FBI Hair Microscopy Review Program and taught at the Univ. of Arizona Wrongful Conviction Clinic. She serves on the Innocence Network Executive Board and spends her free time swimming at the Phoenix Swim Club or running miles down the streets of Phoenix.