Lead Prosecutor, Review and Filing / Trial Team Unit | Criminal Division

City of Seattle•Suite 2050 Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Seattle City Attorney’s Office, a large legal office committed to making Seattle a safe, healthy, empowered, and thriving community, is seeking a prosecutor with demonstrated leadership abilities and prosecutorial expertise to serve as a Team Lead in the Criminal Division’s Review and Filing Unit (RFU). This role offers the opportunity to work closely with the RFU Supervisor and Criminal Division Chief in transitioning the team into a vertical prosecution trial team. Upon completion of the transition, this position will lead a newly created additional trial team.

Requirements

Demonstrated expertise in criminal prosecution.
Significant experience appearing in Seattle Municipal Court and as a trial prosecutor.
Knowledge of the CAO-Criminal Division’s organizational structure and culture.
Ability to implement, follow, and enforce policies and decisions made by the RFU supervisor, Deputy Criminal Division Chief, and the Criminal Division Chief.
Ability to make decisions and ensure they are carried out.
Ability to advise and assist other RFU team members on filing, sentencing, and bail matters, whether at ICA or OCA.

Responsibilities

Approve and oversee filing decisions, and bail and sentencing recommendations.
Work with the RFU Supervisor to ensure all referrals are reviewed within the time for review standard set by the elected City Attorney.
Work with the RFU Supervisor to review data reports for each filing prosecutor monthly to ensure consistent productivity.
Assist the RFU Supervisor in identifying and addressing backlogged referrals on a monthly/quarterly basis.
Ensure sufficient attorneys are available to cover ICA filing, DUI OCA filing, as well as intake, jail, and DUI OCA calendars.
Represent the RFU to Senior CAO Management, the Courts, Public Defenders, Private Attorneys, Police Officers, City Agencies, and the Public.
Assist RFU and CAO-Criminal Division policy formulation, implementation, and enforcement.
Attend meetings or sit on committees, in place of, or in addition to, the RFU supervisor or Criminal Division Chief.
In the absence of the RFU supervisor, serve as second-in-command, overseeing the daily functions of the RFU team, serving as the point of contact with other team members and supervisors as to court coverage and attendance at work.