Andrea Albright Crawford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  She graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Engineering.  After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, Ms. Crawford studied English Literature at the University of Arizona, where she earned a Masters Degree.  Ms. Crawford attended Tulane University Law School, and she graduated magna cum laude in 2009.  While at Tulane, Ms. Crawford was a member of the Tulane Law Review, serving as the Senior Notes and Comments Editor in her final year of law school.  She was also active in the Environmental Law Society and the Public Interest Law Foundation.  She was named to the Order of the Coif and completed the Environmental Law Certificate. 

Ms. Crawford is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Louisiana.  She has been an associate in the litigation section of Sher Garner since August 2009.  She handles various types of commercial litigation, and about half of her work concerns environmental law.  Ms. Crawford is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association.