Assistant Prosecuting Attorney – Family Support Unit – Part-Time

Essential Functions

• Review adult and juvenile warrant requests submitted by police agencies to determine whether charges should be issued based on interpretation of case law, relevant statutes, constitutional law, and evidentiary strengths and weaknesses.
  • Engage with police agencies to give guidance on criminal investigations and analyze complex legal issues.
• Represent the Prosecutor's Office in criminal trial practice in District and Circuit Courts, involving both adult and juvenile offenders.
  • Review all reports, analyze evidentiary issues, research all points of law, comply with discovery, manage dockets, plea bargain, write motions, interview witnesses, plan trial strategy, prepare cases for trial, and advocate at preliminary examinations, pre-trial conferences, motion hearings, bench trials, jury trials, restitution hearings, and sentencing hearings.
• Represent the Prosecutor's Office in civil trial practice in Family Division of the 30th Circuit Court.
  • Advising the Department of Health and Human Services, review abuse-and-neglect and delinquency petitions, research all points of law, write motions, gather and analyze evidence, interview witnesses and experts, develop trial strategy, prepare a case for trial, and advocate at post-adjudication hearings, dispositional reviews, dispositions, show-cause hearings, AWOL hearings, restitution hearings, family dependency treatment court, Phoenix Human Trafficking Court, permanency planning hearings, terminations hearings, and personal protection order (PPO) hearings.
• Represent the Prosecutor's Office in family support matters.
  • Conduct intake interviews, initiate paternity or child support cases, conduct legal research, draft complaints, motions, affidavits, notices, judgments, and Uniform Support Orders, preside over settlement conferences, generate support recommendation reports, present support recommendations during formal hearings, and perform data entry across various computer programs.
• Conduct jury and non-jury trials.
  • Jury selection, delivering opening statements and closing arguments, admitting evidence, questioning witnesses, and cross-examining adverse witnesses.
• Comply with the Crime Victims' Rights Act by notifying and consulting with victims on relevant legal authority, sentencing guidelines, plea negotiations, and compiling restitution.
  • Prepare search warrants for police agencies before and after the initiation of criminal proceedings.
• Review requests made pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to determine whether requested materials shall be disclosed, redact exempt materials, and produce non-exempt information to the requesting party.
  • Prepare fugitive, extradition, and detainer paperwork.
    • Represent local law enforcement agencies in civil forfeiture proceedings including review of forfeiture sustainability, negotiating settlements, drafting complaints and summons, drafting interrogatories and other discovery requests, motion practice, and complex civil litigation.
      • Represent the Prosecutor's Office in appellate matters.
        • Prepare or respond to appellate motions and briefs in the Circuit Court, Michigan Court of Appeals, and Michigan Supreme Court.
          • Appear before those courts to argue any legal, factual, or constitutional issues on behalf of the People.
            • Represent the Prosecutor's Office at involuntary commitment hearings and Personal Protection Hearings that includes complex trial practice.
              • Handle the above mentioned duties and responsibilities as a special prosecutor for cases originating outside Ingham County as appointed or directed by the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (PAAM).
                • Through rotation, serve as the on-call assistant prosecutor for law enforcement agencies during non-business hours.
                  • Provide answers to legal questions, draft and approve search warrants, and review all in-custody felony and domestic violence warrants on weekends and holidays.