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LEAD ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Starting Pay: $45.4052 Hourly (94,443)
After 1st Year: $47.6619 Hourly (99,137)
After 2nd Year: $49.9187 Hourly ($103,831)
After 3rd Year: $51.4164 Hourly ($106,946)
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Performs a wide variety of legal tasks in Circuit (Criminal and Family Court) and District Court with occasional Probate Court Appearances.
STATEMENT OF TASKS:
- Appears at arraignments, pretrials, probable cause conferences, preliminary examinations, preliminary hearings, review hearings, dispositional hearings and misdemeanor sentence hearings;
- Represents the People in traffic enforcement matters before the District Court;
- Represents the People in probation violation and show cause matters;
- Conducts felony and misdemeanor trials, juvenile delinquency, neglect-abuse trials and mental commitment trials;
- Interviews complainants and police officers relative to criminal cases the APA is prosecuting to prepare for court hearings;
- Conducts legal research;
- Attends community meetings and law enforcement agency meetings at the direction of the elected prosecutor;
- Assists senior staff in complex litigation matters;
- Provides training to law enforcement community and other prosecutors;
- Reviews law enforcement requests for arrest warrants;
- Drafts or reviews search warrants;
- Prepares and manages forfeiture and nuisance abatement matters;
- Serves on advisory committee to the elected prosecutor as requested.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILTITIES:
- Must be conversant in the Michigan Court Rules, Michigan Rules of Evidence and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct;
- Ability to conduct computer assisted legal research using WestLaw or Lexis/Nexis;
- Ability to analyze legal problems and present findings in an orderly manner;
- Effective oral and written communication skills;
- Strong interpersonal communication and relationship building skills;
- Proficient in criminal law, neglect abuse law, delinquency matters, drug interdiction, forfeiture law, marijuana law, victim rights law and trauma informed practices;
- Proficient in trial practice;
- Able to attend work regularly and work under very stressful, fast paced conditions;
- Ability to take direction from senior staff members;
- Ability to work independently, collaboratively and respectfully in a complex, multicultural work environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from an accredited law school and a member of the State Bar of Michigan in good standing;
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Three (3) years’ experience as a lawyer;
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Two (2) years’ experience as a Prosecuting attorney;
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One (1) year experience as a prosecuting attorney -AND- one (1) year combined experience as a judicial clerk and prosecution internship/externship.
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