NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE
FACULTY DIRECTORY
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Andres Guevara
Biography
Andres R. Guevara has been a trial attorney since graduating from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1995. Out of his Denver office, Andres handles both private and court-appointed criminal work in various
Colorado state courts (through the Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel (“ADC”)) and in federal courts (through the CJA Panel). Since starting his own law firm in 2007, Andres has handled and tried every type of criminal case, from
homicides, to sex assaults, human trafficking, federal drug and gun cases, and large conspiracy cases. He has also handled post-conviction cases (including a State death penalty case) and has presented oral arguments before both the
Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado Supreme Court.
Andres is a long-time instructor with ADC and the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and has been on the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College for the past seven years. He has presented and trained attorneys
throughout the country, including presentations at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) annual conferences, trial training of lawyers with the U.S. Marines, and regional trial advocacy programs. Andres has
presented on different topics including opening and closing arguments, direct examinations, cross-examinations, federal criminal law, trial practice, jury selection, evidentiary topics, and RICO cases. Andres is also an author having
published in the areas of federal law enforcement, marijuana laws, and most recently in the area of cross-examining child witnesses (for The Champion, the official magazine of the NACDL, published June, 2022).
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