Former chief SF prosecutor out at top DOJ post in D.C.

A graduate of UC Hastings (now UC Law San Francisco), Hinds worked at the San Francisco city attorney’s office in the 1990s before joining the local U.S. attorney’s office, according to her LinkedIn page. At her federal post, she prosecuted cases involving public corruption, violent crime, and money laundering. 

Hinds was named an associate deputy attorney general in Washington in May 2023, before assuming leadership of the Executive Office.