Andrea Harrington

Andrea Harrington (born 1975<ref name=wnyt/>) is the District Attorney for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She is the first woman to hold that post.<ref namewnyt/><ref namehaven/><ref name=wamc/>
Personal life and education
She spent her early years in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where her teenage mother was a house cleaner<ref name=profile/> and grew up in Richmond, Massachusetts.<Ref namechallenge/><ref namereformer/>
With her husband, Tim Walsh, Harrington has two sons.<ref nameprofile/><ref namechallenge/><ref nameclary/> She is raising her family in Richmond.<ref namechallenge/><ref name=reformer/>
Harrington was graduated from Taconic High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the University of Washington, and American University's Washington College of Law.<ref namechallenge/><ref namereformer/> She was the first in her family to graduate from college.<ref name=profile/>
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.<ref namedaily/><ref namechallenge/><ref namereformer/> She was a co-founder of the Berkshire Committee of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.<ref namechallenge/><ref name=reformer/>
Legal career
Prior to becoming district attorney, she was a civil litigator and defense attorney for 15 years, at Connor & Morneau LLP<ref namechallenge/><ref namehiggins/><ref namereformer/> and also at Hellman, Shearn & Arienti.<ref nameprofile/><ref namecohen/><ref namecw/> As part of her work, she represented death row inmates in Florida.<ref nameprofile/><ref namecw/>

State senate race
Harrington ran for a seat in the Massachusetts State Senate in 2016.<ref namechallenge/><ref namecohen/><ref nameprofile/><ref namereformer/><ref namecw/><ref namedaily/><ref name=mary/> She faced the ultimate winner, Adam Hinds, and Rinaldo Del Gallo.<ref nameprofile/><ref namereformer/><ref namemary/><ref namecw/>
District attorney
Harrington defeated Paul Caccaviello, the incumbent, and another challenger, Judith Knight, in the 2018 Democratic primary.<ref namewnyt/><ref namehaven/><ref nameappeal/><ref namereformer/><ref namenepr/><ref namespectrum/><ref namewamc/><ref nameleft/><ref namecohen/> Caccaviello mounted a write in campaign for the general election, but Harrington defeated him again.<ref namehaven/><ref namespectrum/><ref namecohen/> 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.<Ref namenation/><ref nameappeal/><ref name=cohen/>
On January 2, 2019, Harrington took the oath of office at the Berkshire Museum.<ref name100days/> While in office she created a domestic violence task force, a juvenile diversion program, and a citizens advisory board.<Ref name100days/><ref nameclary/> 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.<Ref name100days/><ref name=clary/>

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