(a) The work of the Department of Law shall be distributed between a civil branch and a criminal branch. The Director of Law shall supervise and control the Department. He or she may appoint such number of Assistant Directors of Law as he or she deems necessary for the proper conduct of the work of the civil branch, whose appointments shall be subject to the approval of Council, three (3) of whom he or she may designate as Chief Counsel, Chief Trial Counsel and Chief Corporate Counsel, and not to exceed eight (8) of whom he or she may designate as Chief Assistant Director of Law.
(b) The Director shall be the Prosecuting Attorney of the Municipal Court, pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 84. He or she may also designate not more than twenty-three (23) assistant prosecutors, whose appointments shall be subject to the approval of Council. Two (2) of whom may be designated, respectively, as Chief Assistant Prosecutor and First Assistant Prosecutor; and three (3) of whom may be designated as Deputy Assistant Prosecutor.
(c) The Director is authorized to employ such number of clerks, stenographers and persons in other classifications as he or she may deem necessary.
(Ord. No. 443-2019. Passed 4-22-19, eff. 4-24-19)