ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

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ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

Energy & Environment Bureau

Environmental Crimes Strike Force Division

(Boston or Regional Office)

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is looking for a highly motivate and skilled attorney to join her team as an Assistant Attorney General in the Environmental Crimes Strike Force Division (ECSF) of the Energy & Environment Bureau.  The Assistant Attorney General will investigate and prosecute crimes that harm the Commonwealth’s natural resources or pose a significant threat of harm to human health or the environment.

ECSF is an interagency team that includes prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office, detectives from the Massachusetts Environmental Police, and investigators, engineers, and attorneys from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”). ECSF partners meet regularly to evaluate whether enforcement against particular environmental violators should be handled administratively, civilly, or criminally. The most egregious violations are referred for criminal prosecution. In the past several years, the focus of ECSF’s criminal prosecutions has been on improper disposal of hazardous waste, failure to properly report spills of oil or hazardous materials, failure to properly abate and dispose of asbestos, failure to abate lead paint hazards, and exposing workers and children to unsafe conditions.  ECSF has state-wide jurisdiction and as such, prosecutes cases in the Superior and District courts across the Commonwealth.

Primary Duties:  The Assistant Attorney General will assume an existing caseload of substantive prosecutions and investigations, as well as responsibility for handling new assignments that include initial review of allegations, formal grand jury investigations, and criminal prosecutions up to, and including, trial.  Other duties include reviewing referrals and complaints; leading and coordinating investigations in collaboration with partners including the Massachusetts Environmental Police and MassDEP; preparing and reviewing applications for search warrants; participating in witness interviews; criminal motion practice; and representing the Attorney General at meetings with other governmental agencies and the regulated community.

Position Type:  Full-Time/Exempt.  

Location: The Assistant Attorney General hired for this position would be able to work out of the Boston office or one of the regional offices, which are located in Springfield, New Bedford, and