14 of 83 District Attorney Offices in Michigan 716 in District Attorney Offices
Address, Phone Number, and Hours for Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney, an District Attorney Offices, at St. Joseph.
Name : Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney
Address : 811 Port Street St. Joseph, Michigan, 49085
Locality : St. Joseph
Phone : 269-983-7111
Fax : 269-983-5757
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Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at 811 Port Street St. Joseph, Michigan, 49085
Phone number for Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney is 269-983-7111.
It ranks 14 of 83 District Attorney Offices in Michigan.
It ranks 716 in District Attorney Offices.
The main duties of a Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney are typically imposed by law. This includes taking on behalf of the State at all trials related to violations that took place within the district attorney's geographic jurisdiction.
Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.
Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney often also have obligations that aren't connected with criminal prosecution. This includes protecting the county from civil lawsuits sometimes, and even initiating actions for the county, as well as preparing and review contracts that are signed by the county, and offering legal advice and guidance to local authorities. In certain jurisdictions the county attorney may not have any involvement in criminal cases in any way, and serves only as the attorney of the county.
Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney are assigned to specialized units created to tackle corruption in the public sector as well as organized crime, violence in the family and hate crimes, elderly abuse, fraud on consumers and other serious crimes.