In 2025, Ryan was selected by the judges of the Superior Court to serve as a commissioner. In that role, he is already performing the job of a judge in many respects, with many of the same responsibilities as he would have when elected as a judge. He seeks election to become a judge to increase the ways he can serve the public as a judicial officer.

Every day as a Superior Court commissioner, Ryan hears and decides cases involving issues of high importance to the members of the public who enter his courtroom. He strives to be meticulous, thorough, and even-handed, and to leave the public with confidence that every person who enters has an opportunity to be heard. Ryan recognizes that while it is frequently not possible for everyone to leave a courtroom satisfied with a decision made by a judge, a judge should always seek to have everyone leave that courtroom with the sense that the process was as fair and dignified as possible.

Since graduating from law school, Ryan has dedicated his entire career to public service. He earned a full academic scholarship to USC and while earning degrees in accounting and political science, he was inspired by his professors and an internship at the United States Attorney’s Office to pursue a legal education. In 2006, Ryan began his 19-year career with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. During that time, he prosecuted cases ranging from petty theft to murder, with assignments in Long Beach, Compton, Whittier, and downtown Los Angeles, and in several special assignments in complex litigation divisions, including the Major Narcotics Division, the Gang Homicide Division, and the Justice System Integrity Division.

At the District Attorney’s Office, Ryan tried over 70 cases to juries, including gang-related murder cases, and handled hundreds of other hearings before judges of the Superior Court. He fought against the opioid crisis by prosecuting medical doctors and others who illegally prescribed addictive opioid drugs.

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Judge Thanayi Lindsey is an Administrative Law Judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings with nearly thirty years of legal experience, including currently as a judicial officer and previously as a court supervisor, associate professor, and family law practitioner. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE: Judge Lindsey earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Purdue University and Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish; and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law achieving the Dean’s List. She graduated from UCLA School of Business Management Development for Entrepreneurs (MDE) program as well as the mediation training certificate program.

Judge Lindsey is a subject matter expert in the areas of neutrality, civil procedure, contracts, employment, family, special education, mediation, and corporate formation.

FIVE YEARS OF JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE AS OF MAY 2026: From May 2021 to October 2023, she served as Administrative Law Judge with the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, where she presided over several thousand unemployment insurance appeals filed by employers and employees. With a strong ability to make sound and fair decisions, she maintained a stellar performance rating of ninety-three percent, on average which supports her judicial temperament of respectfulness, composed, and decisive to focus solely on resolving legal issues and disputes fairly. Since October 2023, she currently serves as Administrative Law Judge with the State of California, Office of Administrative Hearings, presiding over special evidentiary hearings; conducting prehearing conferences; drafting law and motion orders; and presiding over hundreds of mediation sessions. Judge Lindsey manages her calendar with efficiency because she is patient, courteous, open minded and impartial; treating lawyers, parties, witnesses, and pro-pers with respect while being firm, calm, and composed under pressure. COURT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TRAINING: Her le

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