About Lindsay Blair
Lindsay Blair Hoopes built a career that moves between practicality and the law. She shifted from retail operations into public service and then into small business ownership. The result is a professional life that blends courtroom experience, regulatory study and hands-on management.
Hoopes earned her J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, completing that degree in 2009. She also holds an LL.M. in Banking and Securities Regulation from Trinity College Dublin, recorded in 2009. Those academic credentials anchor a profile that includes both traditional legal training and postgraduate study in financial regulation.
Her early work experience began outside the law. In 2004 she worked as an Associate Sourcing Manager at Pottery Barn. That role involved procurement and supply-chain decisions and gave her an early exposure to commercial operations. She moved into legal work as a law clerk in 2007 at the United States Attorney’s Office, where she gained exposure to litigation support and federal procedures. By 2009 she was serving as an Assistant District Lawyer for the City and County of San Francisco.
Those years in public service shaped her understanding of government practice. She handled matters typical of local prosecutors and district attorneys, engaged with courtroom procedures, and worked alongside investigators and agency staff. The public-sector experience sits alongside her academic study of banking and securities law, creating a background that spans several areas of practice.
In 2013 Hoopes took on a very different role when she became proprietor and CEO of Hoopes Family Vineyard. Running a vineyard required skills beyond legal analysis: business planning, operations management and community relations. She continued to apply legal judgment to business matters, overseeing contracts, regulatory compliance and the practical challenges of running an agricultural enterprise.
Hoopes is licensed to practice in California. Her profile suggests an attorney comfortable in both courtroom settings and small-business boardrooms. She combines public-law experience, postgraduate regulatory study and the realities of running a commercial enterprise. She now runs Hoopes Family Vineyard while maintaining an active involvement in matters where law and business intersect, and her current practice focuses on advising and managing issues that arise at the crossroads of agriculture, commerce and regulatory compliance.
