Melinda Haag
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Melinda L. Haag commonly known as Melinda Haag, is U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
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with a degree in Political Science
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From there she went on to the Boalt School of Law at the University of California Berkeley
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U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California is the United States Attorney responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....
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Early life and education
Melinda Haag graduated in 1983 from the John Muir College of the University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
with a degree in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
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From there she went on to the Boalt School of Law at the University of California Berkeley
UC Berkeley School of Law
The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, commonly referred to as Berkeley Law and Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley Law is consistently regarded as an elite and prestigious law school...
. She graduated in 1987.
Career
Melinda Haag worked at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles between 1989 to 1993. In 1993, she transferred to the San Francisco office, where she worked until 2003. From 2003 to 2010, she had been a partner at the White Collar Criminal Defense and Corporate Investigations Group at the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & SutcliffeOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is an international law firm founded in San Francisco. Orrick traces its roots back to 1863, making it the oldest continuously-operating law firm in San Francisco, and the second-oldest privately-held company in San Francisco after Levi Strauss & Co....
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