The Town seeks a contract with a reliable, experienced, and qualified attorney or firm to provide high quality, responsive, timely and cost-efficient legal services for the Town’s Municipal Court. The Prosecutor should be experienced in the types of legal issues associated with statutory municipalities and municipal court. The Prosecutor will be an independent contractor and not an employee of the Town or of the Town Attorney’s firm. The scope of work for the Contractor includes providing a full range of Town Prosecutor services including, but not limited to the following: managing and prosecuting all assigned criminal cases including but not limited to preparation of pleadings; review of police reports and discovery; handling pre-trial hearings and plea negotiations; conducting research; preparing cases for trial; communicating with defendants and or/their attorney; communicating and working with Court Clerk; presenting oral and written argument of legal concepts and principles; conducting bench and jury trials, motion hearings and other related trial work; conducting training as necessary for police officers and non-sworn staff regarding municipal court process. In the event the Contractor has planned/unplanned absences, it is expected that the Contractor will assist in finding a replacement to cover those absences.
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