Sarah Saldana

Senate Confirms Sarah Saldaña
for U.S. Attorney in Dallas

• Sarah Saldaña is a 1984 graduate of SMU's Dedman School of Law and is the state's first Latina chief prosecutor. Since 2004, the Corpus Christi, Texas, native had served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Dallas-based Northern District of Texas, where she led the public corruption unit.

Saldaña honored by Dallas Morning News, Al Dia, and Hispanic National Bar Association

• Named one of Al Dia's (Dallas Morning News' Spanish-language newspaper) 2011 "People of the Year."

• Nominated, among others, for 2011 Dallas Morning News' "Texan of the Year"

• Received Hispanic National Bar Association's "Latina Attorney of the Year" award in September 2011.