Micha Lindenstrauss was born in 1937 in Berlin, Germany, and arrived in Israel with his parents in 1939. He graduated the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1965 as Master of Juris. He served as Military District Prosecutor and Legal Advisor of the I.D.F in Samaria (West Bank) during the years 1965 - 1970. In 1970 he was appointed as Advisor to Minister Shimon Peres in the matters of Territories and Rehabilitation of Arab refugees.

During the years 1970 - 1972 he served as Court Martial presiding Judge. In 1972 he was appointed as judge to the Magistrate Court in Haifa and in 1982 to the District Court. In 1995 he was appointed as Vice President of the District Court in Haifa and Head of the Court's Criminal Justice Department. In 1999 he was appointed as President of the District Court. He served as Chairman of the Israeli Association of Judges until July 2005.

During the years 2000 - 2005 he was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Speaker of the Knesset (Parliament) for granting subventions to N.P.Os. He also served as Chairman of "The Movement for a Better Israel" and as Chairman of the "Israel American Friendship Society". He represented the Israeli Judges in the European Association of Judges and has been active for years on the Board of Directors of the "Justice for the World" Foundation. Retired Judge Lindenstrauss is the author of several books, including "Arrests and Release on Bail by Order of the Courts in Israel", "Selected Issues on the Presumption of Innocence in the Israeli and American Legal Systems", "A Trial in my Heart" (short stories) and "Three Youngsters in Grey".

On May 25, 2005 he was elected by the Knesset to the position of State Comptroller and Ombudsman. He took his oath of office at the Knesset on June 29, 2005.