Like many prosecutor’s offices throughout the nation, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is organized into specialized units of attorneys. These units focus on particulars types of criminal activity and develop an expertise in investigating and prosecution of defendants charged with those types of criminal offenses. The following is a summary of two divisions of the office which engage in criminal investigations and prosecutions and the various specialized units in those divisions.
Division One – Chief Deputy District Attorney Glen Banfield
- Multi-disciplinary Team Unit (inter-family physical and sexual abuse of children)
- Domestic Violence Unit (crimes in the home, crimes against non-family children,victim assistance)
- Juvenile Unit (youth offenders, delinquency, dependency)
- Support Enforcement Division (child support enforcement)
Division Two – Chief Deputy District Attorney Kirsten Snowden
- Misdemeanor Trial and Intake Units
- Neighborhood Prosecution Unit
- Unit C (Robbery, burglary, gun and other weapons crimes, vehicular homicide)
Division Three – Chief Deputy District Attorney Don Rees
- Unit A (theft, fraud, identity theft)
- White Collar Crime Unit
- Unit B (drugs, gambling, human trafficking)
- Unit D (assault, sex crimes and aggravated assaults)
- Pretrial Unit (extraditions, grand jury, appeals)
Division Four – Chief Investigator/Victim Services Manager [Vacant]
- DA Investigations Unit (DA Investigators)
- Victim Services Unit (Director and Victim Advocates)
- Restitution Unit (Restitution Clerks)
- Victim Services Support Staff (8th Floor Front Desk)