Andrea K. George is the Executive Director of the Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho. She has held this position since 2012. Ms. George began her legal career in 1989 as an Appellate Attorney with the Federal Defenders of Minnesota. In 1992 she became a trial attorney with that office and was eventually promoted to Senior Litigator. This year marks her thirty-sixth with the Federal Defender program. She is the past President of the National Association of Federal Defenders, the past Chair of the Community Defender Working Group and is a past member of the Board of Regents for the National Criminal Defense College. Ms. George is on the faculty of NCDC and speaks regularly for the Federal Judicial Center and other Defender programs. Ms. George is honored to be an adjunct professor at Gonzaga School of Law teaching Trial Advocacy.