Director, Criminal Section.

Offices-to-go; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Offices-to-go in Washington, DC seeks a Director of the Criminal Section to lead nationwide federal civil rights prosecutions. The role oversees a diverse team of managers, trial attorneys, and staff, while building coalitions with federal partners and NGOs to advance justice across the nation.

The successful candidate will supervise enforcement of federal civil rights statutes, manage trial strategy and sentencing, and direct investigations, investigations oversight, and training programs for

Responsibilities

• Manages the Section, setting national federal civil rights prosecution priorities, supervises an office of managers, trial attorneys, and support staff; coordinates with FBI, DHS, DOL, DOS, EEOC, local agencies, USAO offices, and NGOs; oversees a national civil rights training program for law enforcement.
• Supervises enforcement of federal criminal civil rights statutes; investigates and prosecutes civil rights violations under color of law, hate crimes, conspiracies, obstruction, false statements, and immigration/visa crimes.
• Directs case preparation from investigation through indictment, plea negotiations, trial, and sentencing; guides strategy and planning.
• Consults

Job description

Duties

As the Director of the Criminal Section, the successful candidate:

• Manages the Section, setting national federal civil rights prosecution priorities, and supervises an office of managers, trial attorneys, and professional administrative support staff. Coordinates and builds coalitions with law enforcement partners (FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Labor, Department of State, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and local agencies), United States Attorney Offices, and non-governmental groups. Manages national civil rights training program that provides civil rights skills trainings to thousands of law enforcement officers.
• Conducts, supervises, and reviews the enforcement of federal criminal civil rights and related statutes. Investigates and prosecutes persons for violations of federal criminal statutes, including civil rights violations under color of law, hate crimes, conspiracies, and related crimes such as obstruction, false statements, and immigration and visa crimes.
• Supervises preparation of each aspect of cases including the investigation, records analysis, drafting and filing of indictment and information, plea negotiations, trial, and sentencing of the case; timely directs strategy and planning.
• Consults