Andrew R. Haden

Andrew R. Haden is a career federal prosecutor. He joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010, after being selected and hired through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.  During the last 14 years in the San Diego office, Haden has worked as, the District’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Coordinator, a Deputy Chief in both the Reactive and Major Crimes Sections, the Chief of the Violent Crimes & Human Trafficking Section, the Chief of the Criminal Division, Senior Litigation Counsel, and most recently, as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney.

In 2020, Haden received the nationwide Director’s Award for Superior Performance in a Managerial or Supervisory role from the Executive Office for United States Attorney’s for “extraordinary leadership contributions” to the Department of Justice from 2016-2019.  In 2024, Haden received the Peter J. Mazza Outstanding Federal Lawyer Award from the national Federal Bar Association to recognize his high standards of professional achievement, outstanding performance, and exemplary leadership contributions as a public servant.  Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Haden served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan in the Southern District of California.

A San Diego native, Haden is a graduate of University City High School.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University. After college, Haden was commissioned as an Officer in the United States Navy where he served for five years, which included two overseas deployments.  For his last assignment, Haden was the Navigator on the USS MOBILE BAY (CG-53), a guided-missile cruiser homeported in San Diego.  Haden received his law degree from the University of San Diego.

A complete list of all former leaders of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California can be found HERE.