The Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho

The Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho is a Community Defender program for Eastern Washington and Central and Northern Idaho with staffed offices in Spokane and Yakima. The non-profit corporation was established in 1991 and began taking cases in April, 1992. In March, 1994, the organization began taking cases from North and Central Idaho followed by Southern Idaho in October 1996. The organization opened a Capital Habeas Unit in Moscow, Idaho in September, 1996. In 2006, the Boise, Pocatello, and Moscow offices formed their own Idaho Community Defender.

Today, as a Community Defender Program, the organization is a non-profit corporation with up to a fifteen-member Board of Directors. We are committed to the zealous representation of persons accused of federal crimes in our District.