Assistant City Attorney | Firearm Unit Supervisor—Extreme Risk Protection Orders | Criminal Division

City of Seattle•Suite 2050 Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

With more than 200 attorneys and professional staff, the Seattle City Attorney’s Office is one of the largest law offices in Seattle and is the third-largest public law office in the state. Our office is committed to making Seattle a safe, healthy, empowered, and thriving community for everyone. We strive to address historical injustices within the court system with self-examination and to pursue justice in Seattle with integrity, creativity, and fairness. We believe working transparently, innovatively, and in collaboration with our partners in the community is necessary to achieve outcomes that promote equity, accountability, and healing. In conjunction with Seattle City Attorney’s Office Leadership and the King County Prosecutor’s Office leadership, the Firearm Supervisor is responsible for developing policies, procedures, and trainings for best practices related to firearms work in Seattle Municipal Court, King County District Court, and King County Superior Court. The Firearm Supervisor will support law enforcement and concerned family/household members in the filing of Extreme Risk Protection Orders and work as part of the Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit. With a focus on harm reduction and prevention, the mission of the Regional Unit is to reduce gun violence and increase victim and community safety through regional collaboration and proactive enforcement of firearms laws. This Regional Unit, which is made up of employees from both the Seattle City Attorney’s Office and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, is the culmination of a multi-year system review, dedicated to developing effective strategies for Washington State’s civil and criminal firearm relinquishment law (RCW 9.41) and Extreme Risk Protection Order law (RCW 7.105).

Requirements

Membership in good standing with the Washington State Bar Association, or the ability to complete the process of obtaining membership within 30 days of offer of employment.
Substantial criminal prosecution experience, preferably including: Experience advising law enforcement on legal matters, Firearms prosecution experience, Domestic violence prosecution experience, Jury trials, Filing criminal charges
Experience working with crime victims, advocates, and law enforcement
Expertise in case development (investigation, witness interviews, and filing charges)
Experience in training and mentoring prosecutors
A high level of analysis is necessary in assessing risk/danger/threat of each case and triaging those cases appropriately
Implement, follow, and enforce policies and decisions made by the Unit supervisor, Criminal Division Deputy Chief, and the Criminal Division Chief.

Responsibilities

Develop procedures to reduce gun violence and increase victim and community safety through regional collaboration and proactive enforcement of firearms laws
Support law enforcement and concerned family/household members in the filing of Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Appear in court at King County Superior Court and King County District Court for ERPO hearings
Manage a caseload of ERPO cases
Develop trainings for attorneys and law enforcement
Supervise the Seattle City Attorney’s Office firearm employees: Firearm Prosecutor, Firearm Advocate, ERPO Advocate, and the Firearm Risk Assessment Investigator
Provide back-up for Firearm Prosecutor when they are unavailable
Willingness to be on-call for legal assistance and emergency requests 24 hours a day
The ability to advise partners with minimal supervision or direction
Ability to work with intense subject matter and sensitive cases
Participate in weekly case staffing meetings to review and develop cases within the Regional Unit
Participate with Regional Unit members in the legislative planning process, including consulting on proposed or pending legislation
Assist in Regional Unit Division policy formulation, implementation, and enforcement
Work with Unit Co-Chair to strategize around cross-jurisdictional issues
Other duties as assigned