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TITLE

LEAD ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY 

UNION

AFSCME 496.01  

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME

Full-Time  

OPEN DATE

4/9/2024  

CLOSED DATE

CONTINUOUS UNTIL FILLED  

LOCATION

Prosecutors  

DESCRIPTION

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; -AND- either: Three (3) years' experience as a lawyer; -