Associate, Lead Or Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney

ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Starting Pay: $41.5058 Hourly ($86,332)
Step A: $43.7957 Hourly ($91,095)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from an accredited law school -AND- a member of the State Bar of Michigan in good standing;

-AND-

One (1) of the following: Judicial clerkship experience, Internship/Externship experience, Law School Clinic Experience or Moot Court Team Experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to perform Essential Job Duties and Functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

JOB SUMMARY: Performs a wide variety of legal tasks in Circuit (Criminal and Family Court) and District Court with occasional Probate Court Appearances.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:

• 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 trials in misdemeanor, juvenile delinquency, neglect-abuse and mental commitment cases.
• Assists senior APA staff in conducting felony trials or other complex litigation matters.
• 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.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Must be conversant in the Michigan Court Rules, Michigan Rules of Evidence and Michigan Rule 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.
• Ability to become proficient in criminal law, neglect abuse law, delinquency matters.
• Ability to become 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.

LEAD ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Starting Pay: $47.4688 Hourly ($98,735)
Step A: $49.8284 Hourly ($103,643)
Step B: $52.1875 Hourly ($108,550)
Step C: $53.7529 Hourly ($111,806)

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;

-OR-

Two (2) years’ experience as a Prosecuting attorney;

-OR-

One (1) year experience as a prosecuting attorney -AND- one (1) year combined experience as a judicial clerk and prosecution internship/externship.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to perform Essential Job Duties and Functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

JOB SUMMARY: Performs a wide variety of legal tasks in Circuit (Criminal and Family Court) and District Court with occasional Probate Court Appearances.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:

• 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.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 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.

SENIOR ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Starting Pay: $54.2750 Hourly ($112,892)
Step A: $56.4457 Hourly ($117,407)
Step B: $59.7288 Hourly ($124,236)
Step C: $64.7063 Hourly ($134,589)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from an accredited law school -AND- a member of the State Bar of Michigan in good standing;

-AND-

Eight (8) years’ experience as a lawyer conducting complex litigation with at least 10 jury trials or 25 bench trials or 20 oral arguments in the appellate courts;

-OR-

Five (5) years’ experience as a prosecutor with at least 10 felony jury trials or a combination of 10 misdemeanor jury trials and 25 bench trials or 15 oral arguments in the appellate court;

-OR-

Twenty (20) years’ experience in a Prosecutor’s Office.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to perform Essential Job Duties and Functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

JOB SUMMARY: Performs a wide variety of legal tasks in Circuit (Criminal and Family Court), District Court with occasional Probate Court appearances, or of assigned to the Appeals Bureau, in the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:

• Appears at arraignments, pretrials, probable cause conferences, preliminary examinations, preliminary hearings, review hearings, dispositional hearings and misdemeanor sentence hearings.
• Represents the People in probation violation and show cause matters.
• 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.
• Conducts complex criminal litigation in areas including but not limited to homicide, sexual assault, multiple defendant cases, gang-related criminal conduct and continuing criminal enterprise crimes.
• Serves as lead in trials with junior staff for oversight and training.
• 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.
• Where assigned to the Appeal Bureau, responds to motions involving complex legal issues in the trial courts and represents the Office in appellate briefs and oral arguments in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
• Serves on advisory committee to the elected prosecutor as requested

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 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.

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