Annie was born and raised in South Paris, Maine, where most of her family still resides. She graduated from the University of Southern Maine in Portland in 2013, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology, with a Certificate in Leadership Studies. She then earned her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2016. During her time at Maine Law, she was a student attorney with the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, where she worked on a number of civil and criminal matters. She also worked as a Trial Assistant at the criminal defense firm of Strike, Gonzales, & Butler Bailey before starting her career in Indigent Defense
Annie currently lives in Southern Maine with her husband and their daughter, Lucy Rae. She enjoys spending time with her family, eating good food she didn’t have to cook, and assuring that the rights of the accused as promised in the United States Constitution are always protected.