Cuban-born Denise Posse Lindberg received her primary and secondary education in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States. She received a BA degree from Brigham Young University, master’s and PhD degrees from the University of Utah, and a juris doctor (JD) degree, magna cum laude, from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School.

She clerked for Judge Monroe McKay at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at the Supreme Court of the United States. Following her Supreme Court clerkship, she practiced appellate and healthcare law in Washington, DC and Salt Lake City, Utah. She was appointed to Utah’s Third District Court bench in 1998. She took senior status in 2015, retiring in 2025.

Between 2018-2020, Judge Lindberg and her husband, Neil Lindberg, represented Latter-day Saint Charities and BYU’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies at the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. Currently, she is an adjunct professor at BYU Law School, a senior fellow with BYU’s International Center, and a government relations advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean with the Office of General Counsel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is a member of the Latin American Consortium for Religious Liberty, and a former member of its executive committee.

She is a frequent speaker and moderator at conferences throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, addressing topics that range from the rule of law and judicial independence to religious freedom, human dignity, and interfaith engagement. Her academic writing and publications focus on Cuban law.