President Barack Obama has nominated Melinda Haag ’87 to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. A partner at the San Francisco office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe since 2003, Haag works in the firm’s white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations group, which handles cases involving antitrust violations, environmental crimes, and health care fraud. She previously headed the San Francisco U.S. Attorney’s Office White Collar Crime Unit and was deputy chief of its General Crimes Unit. If the Senate confirms her appointment, Haag would become the first woman to hold the position in San Francisco since Annette Adams from 1918–1920.