 From 1983 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1999, Linsky was an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County.As an ADA he prosecuted hundreds of cases including sexual assault, murder, and white collar crime.Linsky was first elected to the House in 1999 in the special election to succeed Douglas Stoddart, who resigned after he was appointed as a judge in Middlesex District Court.