The attorney, Brian W. Bishop, is representing Kristen Lindsey in her defense against the investigation by the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (TBVME) to sanction Dr Lindsey for her alleged killing of a domestic cat (claimed to be feral) with a bow and arrow at close range. Most of us have heard about this notorious case. If not, please click this.
Mr Bishop must also be representing and defending Kristen Lindsey generally. I believe Brian W Bishop has his own law firm in Austin Texas (900 West Avenue).
Update at 1st June 2015: his website is currently down probably as a consequence of acting for Kristen Lindsey. A visitor to PoC, kindly provided his details in a comment.
A colleague of mine has kindly sent me a copy of a leaked letter that Mr Bishop wrote to the TBVME. It is reproduced below and I have typed it out as the image is small and hard to read.
Dear Ms Hudson,
This firm represents Dr. Lindsey DVM in the referenced complaint.
Dr. Lindsey denies that she engaged in any violation of Board Rule 573.4. Among other things, neither the act of posting of a photograph, nor this alleged act of killing of a ferel [sic] cat on Dr. Lindsey’s residential property were “connected to the practice of veterinary medicine’ or otherwise a criminal activity.
Please cease and desist from any further attempts to contact Dr. Lindsey or her family. Also as you are aware, TBVME complaints are confidential per Texas Occ. Code § 801.207 – the TBVME has, however, been discussing the complaint and related matters with third parties (including Dr. Ron Stried DVM) in flagrant disregard of Dr. Lindsey’s right to privacy and confidentiality – these disclosures must stop immediately.
Yours Very truly
Brian W. Bishop
My comment (please add your below): firstly I apologise for adding to Dr Lindsey’s lack of privacy in this matter but feel it needs to be aired due to public interest.
The key statement, I believe, is that the lawyer claims that Lindsey’s alleged killing of Tiger, the ginger tabby, is unconnected with the practice of veterinary medicine.
I strongly disagree with this. It has to be closely connected to the work of a vet because the attitude and behavior of a vet outside of her/his workplace is critical to (a) the standing of the veterinary profession generally in the USA and further afield and (b) the way a vet conducts herself at her workplace.
The work of even the most highly skilled veterinarian will be compromised if the vet in question has a poor attitude towards animal welfare. Compassion is a key characteristic of the good veterinarian. You could argue that it is essential.
Judging by the behavior of Dr Lindsey she has a poor and unsuitable attitude towards the welfare of animals. There was not an ounce of compassion in her alleged close range shooting of her neighbor’s cat.
Whether what she allegedly did is criminal or not is down to a court to decide. However, the broad opinion on the internet, where this notorious example of cat cruelty has been widely discussed, is that she committed a crime and should be punished accordingly.
I am surprised that Mr Bishop is demanding that the TBVME should stop contacting people other than Lindsey because how else can they investigate the matter?
Contact info for her attorney from the State Bar of Texas website:
Mr. Brian W. Bishop
Bar Card Number: 02346300
Work Address: 900 West Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
Work Phone Number: 512-327-5121
Primary Practice Location: AUSTIN , Texas
ICENSE INFORMATION
Bar Card Number: 02346300
Texas License Date: 10/30/1981
PRACTICE INFORMATION
Firm: None Reported By Attorney
Firm Size: Solo
Occupation: Private Law Practice
Practice Areas: Administrative and Public, Business, Consumer, Family, Litigation: Commercial
LAW SCHOOLS
Law School Graduation Date Degree Earned
University Of Texas 08/1981 Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Mr. Broad, I must do this or I will scream. I’m sorry, I’m a grammar nazi and I can’t help it. Please check your spelling..*defense* not defence. Great write up, by the way.
I agree completely with Susan. Isn’t Ms Lindsey showing her guilt when someone asks her if she is worried about being fired & she responded that won’t happen, shes too awesome. How can she stand there and have the dead cat in front of her & claim she didn’t do it then claim she wouldn’t be fired because she’s awesome!
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So that attorney is saying a doctor shooting a man outside of the physician’s office has nothing to do with his integrity as an MD? I guess thats the best the attorney could come up with but its insanity. That girl has a screw or two loose & so does her attorney. BTW-the fact that the cat was someone’s pet doesnt matter to me. Feral or not-I would feel the same!
Yes, good point, Kat. I had assumed that they would contact her lawyer but perhaps the board didn’t know she was represented at the time they contacted her. He also demands that they cease to contact her family. It would surprsing if he represented her family. In fact he probably can’t for reasons of potential conflict of interest.
While I am not defending this horrible woman or her attorney, I did want to say that he can tell them to quit contacting Lindsey. Since she had an attorney, they can request that all contact be made through her legal counsel.