Mary L. Lyndon is a retired Professor of Law. She taught at St. John’s University School of Law.
Professor Mary Lyndon’s areas of interest include science, economics and the law, and their influence on regulation and liability. Her scholarship concentrated on the interplay of law and the economics of information and innovation and the ways these dynamics shape social learning about technology. Professor Lyndon taught environmental law, international environmental law, torts, and toxic torts.
In 1979, Professor Lyndon became an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. In that capacity, she headed a group of attorneys working on acid rain and a wide range of other environmental problems. She litigated at all levels of the state and federal courts and presented testimony before state and federal legislative committees on behalf of New York and the National Association of the Attorneys General. In 1985-86, she was the Silver Fellow in Law, Science and Technology at Columbia University, and she joined the law faculty at St. John’s in 1986.
Professor Lyndon’s law review articles include: “Secrecy and Access in an Innovation Intensive Economy: Reordering Information Privileges in Environmental, Health, and safety Law”, 78 U. Colo. L. Rev. 465 (2007); “Tort Law, Preemption and Risk Management,” 2 Widener L. Symp. J. 69 St. John’s L. Rev. 191 (1996); “Tort Law and Technology”, 12 Yale J. on Reg. 137 (1995); “Secrecy and Innovation in Tort Law and Regulation,” 23 N.M. L. Rev. 1 (1993); “Information Economics and Chemical Toxicity: Designing Laws to Produce and Use Data,” 87 Mich. L. Rev. 401 (1989); and “Risk Assessment, Risk Communication and Legitimacy: Introduction to the Symposium on Health Risk Assessment,” 14 Col. J. Env. L. 289 (1989). She also has contributed chapters to two books: “Characterizing the Regulatory and Judicial Setting” in Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making, ed. V. Dale and M. English (1999 Springer), and “Dialogue in Environmental Politics: Toward an Ethic of Curiosity” in Moral Imperialism: A Critical Anthology, ed. B. Hernandez (2002 NYU Press).
Professor Lyndon received a J.D. from Northeastern University in 1974 and a J.S.D. degree from Columbia University in 1995.