Job Description:

The Queens County District Attorney's Office has an opening for a Manager in the Forensic Mental Health Unit.

Job Responsibilities:

The specific duties include but are not limited to:

• Assisting ADAs in handling cases involving defenses such as not guilty by reason of Mental Disease or Defect, or Extreme Emotional Disturbance.
• Assisting ADAs in handling appropriate pleas of Not Responsible by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect.
• Handling all subsequent hearings that result in the post-plea determinations that the defendant suffers from a Dangerous Mental Disorder, or is currently Mentally Ill, or is not Mentally Ill.
• If a defendant is committed after a finding, handling all future hearings regarding the defendant’s status; hearings may be held at the mental health facility.
• Assisting ADAs in hearings in which a claim is made by the defense that the defense is not fit to proceed in a pending prosecution.
• Assisting ADAs in subsequent fitness proceedings.

Qualifications:

          Required:

• Minimum 7 years’ experience as a prosecutor in New York State
• Extensive knowledge of NY Penal and Criminal Procedure Law
• Felony jury trial experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Superior organizational, multi-tasking, and case management skills
• Existing knowledge of a prosecutor’s discovery obligations

            Preferred:

• Substantial experience handling cases involving psychiatric defenses
• Substantial experience handling fitness to proceed hearings
• Management experience

Salary and title will be commensurate with experience.  Salary range from $114,675 to $158,000.

Applicants should submit a resume as well as a cover letter addressed to Vincent J. Carroll Jr., Counsel to the Chief Assistant. Please apply through the link below.

Pursuant to Public Officers Law Section 3(1), United States citizenship is required of all Assistant District Attorneys upon commencement of their employment, as is New York State residency.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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