Sandra Jane Hairston (born 1958)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina since 2021.

[2] Hairston previously served as an assistant district attorney in Columbus County, North Carolina, from 1987 to 1989 and as a special assistant district attorney in Guilford County, North Carolina from 1989 to 1990.

Hairston previously held the position of First Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 2014 to 2021.

From March 1, 2021, until her Senate confirmation in November 2021, she served as the acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.

On September 28, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Hairston to be the United States attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.