This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Government

Aug. 17, 2010

Haag Sworn in as U.S. Attorney

For the first time in nearly a century, the Northern District of California has a female U.S. Attorney.

For the first time in nearly a century, the Northern District of California has a female U.S. Attorney. Melinda L. Haag, who had been a white-collar litigator and partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, was sworn in as U.S. Attorney by Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker in an in-chambers ceremony Friday afternoon. Haag, who was nominated for the post in March by President Barack Obama, replaces former President George W. Bush-appointee Joseph P. Russo...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up