Stephanie M. Hinds

United States Attorney

Stephanie M. Hinds is the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on December 26, 2021, and by Chief District Judge Richard Seeborg on April 25, 2022.  Ms. Hinds has been a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for 27 years.  Before serving as the U.S. Attorney, Ms. Hinds served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy Director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces national program in Washington D.C. from 2019 – 2020, and Deputy U.S. Attorney in this district with responsibility over all intake and outreach for all Criminal Division programs in 2019.  Ms. Hinds also served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division from 2017 through 2018, and prior to serving as a Criminal Division Deputy Chief, Ms. Hinds was the Chief of the Asset Forfeiture Unit.  She began serving in that role in 2004.  During her tenure with this Office, she prosecuted narcotics cases, violent crimes, fraud cases, public corruption matters, domestic and international money laundering offenses, among other violations.

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. Hinds worked as a litigation associate for Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe in San Francisco and served as a Deputy City Attorney for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office.

Dates of Service

2021 - Present

Updated June 23, 2022