Andrea Harrington
Andrea Harrington (born c. 1975[1]) is the District Attorney for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She is the first woman to hold that post.[1][2][3]
Personal life and education[edit]
She spent her early years in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where her teenage mother was a house cleaner[4] and grew up in Richmond, Massachusetts.[5][6]
With her husband, Tim Walsh, Harrington has two sons.[4][5][7] She is raising her family in Richmond.[5][6]
Harrington was graduated from Taconic High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the University of Washington, and American University's Washington College of Law.[5][6] She was the first in her family to graduate from college.[4]
Harrington also served on the Richmond School Committee, the affordable housing committee, and on the advisory board of BerkShares Inc., a non-profit local currency.[8][5][6] She was a co-founder of the Berkshire Committee of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.[5][6]
Legal career[edit]
Prior to becoming district attorney, she was a civil litigator and defense attorney for 15 years, at Connor & Morneau LLP[5][9][6] and also at Hellman, Shearn & Arienti.[4][10][11] As part of her work, she represented death row inmates in Florida.[4][11]
State senate race[edit]
Harrington ran for a seat in the Massachusetts State Senate in 2016.[5][10][4][6][11][8][12] She faced the ultimate winner, Adam Hinds, and Rinaldo Del Gallo.[4][6][12][11]
District attorney[edit]
Harrington defeated Paul Caccaviello, the incumbent, and another challenger, Judith Knight, in the 2018 Democratic primary.[1][2][13][6][14][15][3][16][10] Caccaviello mounted a write in campaign for the general election, but Harrington defeated him again.[2][15][10] She won office as part of a wave of district attorneys around the nation who ran on a platform of ending tough on crime policies.[17][13][10]
On January 2, 2019, Harrington took the oath of office at the Berkshire Museum.[18] While in office she created a domestic violence task force, a juvenile diversion program, and a citizens advisory board.[18][7] She has also moved away from asking judges to require a cash bail bond for those accused of a crime but who are not dangerous or flight risks.[18][7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Historic wins in two Massachusetts primary races". WNYT NewsChannel 13. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orecchio-Egresitz, Haven (November 7, 2018). "Paul Caccaviello concedes Berkshire DA race to Andrea Harrington". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Landes, Josh (September 5, 2018). "Historic DA Result Highlights Berkshire Primary Results". WAMC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Bellow, Heather (August 4, 2016). "PROFILE: State Senate candidate Andrea Harrington, campaigning for working families, economic development". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Andrea Harrington to Challenge Caccaviello for District Attorney". iBerkshires. March 20, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Dunn, Bob (March 20, 2018). "Attorney, former state Senate candidate Andrea Harrington to challenge new Berkshire DA". Brattelboro Reformer. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Clary, Sheela (March 7, 2019). "Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington speaks out on criminal justice reform, marijuana legalization". iBerkshires. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Attorney Andrea Harrington of Richmond to announce candidacy for state Senate seat". Daily Hampshire Gazette. March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ Higgins, Eoin (September 20, 2018). "A PROGRESSIVE DA WON IN MASSACHUSETTS. BUT THE MAN SHE BEAT WON'T BACK DOWN". The Intercept. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Cohen, Nancy Eve (November 5, 2018). "In Berkshire County DA Race, Drugs, Violence And Justice Are Top Concerns". New England Public Radio. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Enerson, Linda (September 3, 2018). "Berkshire County DA's race: baggage, experience, politics". CommonWealth. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Serreze, Mary E. (November 17, 2017). "State cites Berkshire Senate candidate for campaign finance flubs". The Springfield Republican. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Higgins, Eoin (June 26, 2018). "A Massachusetts Disctrict Attorney Tries to Crown his Successor". The Appeal. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ Frenier, Adam (September 5, 2018). "Andrea Harrington Wins Dem Primary For Berkshire District Attorney". New England Public Radio. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "GOP's Jordan, Amedore Win State Senate Races". Spectrum News. November 7, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Top Left Corner #33: A Conversation with Mass. State Senate Candidate Andrea Harrington". Greylock Glass. September 6, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ Tobias, Jimmy (October 3, 2019). "This Son of the Left Could Become San Francisco's Next District Attorney". The Nation. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 McKeever, Andy (April 12, 2019). "100 Days: An Interview With District Attorney Andrea Harrington". iBerkshires. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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