Crossposted from For the Defense

Welcome to the King County Department of Public Defense’s Profiles in Service, a series that will highlight the contributions of our committed public servants and provide a platform for attorneys and professional staff to share their insights on the evolving practice of public defense. For our inaugural interview, recently retired attorney supervisor Deb Wilson sat down to reflect on her nearly 40 years as a public defender.

Deb began her career as an investigator at The Defender Association (TDA), nearly 30 years before the four nonprofits that had historically provided public defense in King County were combined to become DPD. She then went to law school at the University of Washington, returning to public defense as an attorney at the Associated Counsel for the Accused for the remainder of her career. Read more.

Pictured: Deb Wilson, right, and co-counsel Kell Brauer, left, preparing for their client’s trial.