Position Description Restricted to current City of Minneapolis employees in the City Attorney's Office This is a promotional opportunity that is conditioned upon the Minneapolis City Attorney's Office being awarded a grant-funded position for a Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP). Applicants must have at least eight years of experience as a licensed attorney, at least two of which as a Senior Assistant City Attorney in the Minneapolis City Attorney's Office. As required by the grant, applicants also must have successfully completed the Drug Recognition Evaluator (DRE) School or do so within six months of grant execution. Grant Funded: This is a permanent position; however, it is contingent on grant funding, and the current assignment is tied to grant-related duties. If grant funding is not secured, the position will not be filled. Please Note: The salary will adjust as we move into 2026 to the range of $149,617.00 to $187,648.00 This position will provide professional legal work at an expert level, including preparing and trying complex or high-profile criminal cases and appeals and/or providing legal services, advice, training, and policy level guidance on criminal justice-related issues specific to driving while impaired (DWI) and traffic-related crimes, laws, and policies. To be considered for a promotional posting, an applicant must prepare and submit, as directed in the posting, a resume and written submission not to exceed 5 pages. Applications that do not include submissions shall be deemed incomplete and not considered. The submission should include the following: Why you believe you should be considered for the promotion. Describe your experience prosecuting DWI cases and working with DWI and traffic-related programs, issues, and stakeholders. Describe the roles you have played and contributions you have made to your team assignment, office, City or community initiatives, liaison assignments, litigation matters, or client assignments that you consider to be significant and that demonstrate your skills - this does not need to be an exhaustive list of all matters on which you have worked; a few examples that showcase your skills and expertise are better than a laundry list of projects. Describe what you have done in the past several years to enhance your skills as an attorney or as a member of the City Attorney's Office. What other contributions have you made to the City, the legal profession, or our office? Describe how you promote and support equity and inclusion in the office and./or the City. Anything else you would like to add that you feel is pertinent to the promotional process, including any legal or other job-related experience outside of your employment with the office. Work Location: This position may be eligible for flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work with some days working remotely and some days working in the office. Job Duties and Responsibilities Prepare and try complex or high-profile criminal DWI and traffic-related cases, including, but not limited to, contested evidentiary hearings, trials, and appeals. Conduct legal research and prepare legal opinions, written briefs, and memoranda on DWI and traffic-related issues with a high degree of difficulty, complexity at both the state district court and appellate levels, exhibiting a high degree of legal expertise. Conduct legal analysis and provide a high degree of legal expertise and outreach to improve DWI and traffic laws, prosecutions, and enforcement. Exhibit critical thinking and problem-solving skills at an expert level and without supervision. Collaborate with the State Drug Evaluation Classification Program (DECP) Coordinator to provide legal advice, instruction at DRE schools, attend DRE certification trips, and assist in developing impaired driving and DECP-specific presentations, webinars, and trainings for law enforcement, prosecutors, and toxicologists. Conduct annual review of the TSRP-DECP with feedback from prosecutors and law enforcement regarding the strengths of the program and areas for further individual and program development. Coordinate with the Minnesota County Attorney's Association TSRP on trainings, webinars, resources, and projects. Develop and implement supplemental DRE and DWI trainings and workshops for attorneys, law enforcement, and other justice partners. Serve as a legal resource for prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and toxicologists on DWI and traffic-related laws and policies. Serve as a resource for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) with related trainings including, but not limited to, breath and toxicology labs. Lead, participate, or support work groups, committees, conferences, and related groups, including Minnesota's DRE Steering Committee and Minnesota's DWI Task Force. Serve as a liaison between prosecutors in other states, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and other national organizations. Participate in state meetings as requested. * Develop and implement TSRP-DECP plans and reports under the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety's direction and pre-approval, including quarterly and annual retrospective reports. Represent the City and Advise on Criminal Law Matters: Prepare and try criminal misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor cases, including those most complex. This includes but is not limited to bail hearings, settlement negotiations, treatment courts, contested evidentiary hearings, jury and court trials, sentencing hearings, probation revocation hearings, and a wide variety of other categories of hearings under often stressful conditions requiring attorneys to think quickly on their feet. Manage an assigned caseload, coordinating court dates and other schedules with judges, defense attorneys, defendants, and witnesses. Make independent determinations as to what constitutes fair and legal case outcomes, deciding whether to offer incarceration, restorative justice, or another disposition and structuring offers for case resolution. Work with crime victims to accurately assess their losses, obtain appropriate restitution awards, and vindicate their rights in court. Review and analyze evidence, including physical evidence, body-worn cameras, squad, transit, and surveillance footage, and jail and 911 tapes. Direct investigative and support staff as necessary to gather evidence and build a criminal case. Advise on applying legal requirements to specific data and facts. Conduct legal research and prepare legal opinions on criminal law issues, including those most complex. This includes using a caselaw database, such as Westlaw, to locate relevant controlling or persuasive cases concerning specific legal issues presented in litigation. Produced written briefs and memoranda on a wide variety of criminal law issues, including the most complex issues, at both the state district court, frequently under very tight deadlines, and appellate levels. Deliver well-thought-out, persuasive oral arguments advancing the case's legal theories and strengths to judges and juries. Develop the necessary expertise in various areas of criminal and constitutional law, including the most complex areas, and serve as subject matter experts assisting supervisors and other prosecutors on litigation matters. Recommend and draft changes to state statutes and city ordinances as requested or provide expert opinions on proposed legislative and rule changes. Confer with and advise Minneapolis Police Departments, other law enforcement partners, and other Minneapolis City departments on legal matters and concerns involving criminal law issues, including of the most complex nature. Develop and help implement community-based criminal justice and... For full info follow application link. The City of Minneapolis is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
