In an effort to recognize and better use the experience and dedication of career prosecutors in the office, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced the promotion of four current assistant prosecutors who will now serve in the newly created position of senior litigation counsel (SLC) within the office.
Assistant prosecutors Peter Boser, Thomas Huth, John Loughrey and Jacquelynn Seely were elevated to the position by Gramiccioni, effective June 1.
“I have a highly skilled staff with a lot of veteran experience. This new position will be reserved for truly outstanding career assistant prosecutors who have defined themselves as expert advocates and criminal practice attorneys,” Gramiccioni said. “As SLC, they will have greater discretion over the types of cases they handle, and they will be able to prosecute cases from every unit in the office.”
Boser, Huth, Loughrey and Seely join Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Paul Heinzel, who serves as SLC in the office’s Appellate Section.
The SLCs will report directly to First Assistant Prosecutor Marc LeMieux and will often be assigned to higher visibility trials or complex prosecutions in recognition of their experience, Gramiccioni said.
“While a SLCs primary responsibility will continue to be the effective prosecution of cases, they will serve as active mentors for the office’s assistant prosecutors. They will assist junior assistant prosecutors with direct and cross-examinations and jury addresses, and they will provide formal and informal training.
“In addition, their collective wisdom will be used to brainstorm trial strategies and tactics as well as to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of cases.”
Boser is a career prosecutor who has served with the office since 1985. He has previously served as director of the office’s Forfeiture and Case Screening units, as well as assignments in the Trial Section and Appellate/ Motions Section. Boser is credited with spearheading the creation and construction of the office’s Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center, which opened in 2009.
Huth has served as director of the Major Crimes Bureau since March 2013. Huth has also served as a trial team leader and as a member of the Trial Section since joining the office in February 1998.
Loughrey is being elevated from his current post as director of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Bureau, a post he has held since 2006. Loughrey joined the office in 1994 and was first assigned to a trial team before he was moved to the Economic Crimes Bureau where he handled financial crimes, public corruption, gambling and prostitution cases.
Seely was promoted to the post from her position as director of the office’s Professional Responsibility and Bias Crimes Unit, where she has served since September 2012. Seely also serves as a special assistant U.S. attorney, prosecuting violent criminal cases as a part of the office’s Stop the Violence campaign.
Seely started her career as an assistant prosecutor in the Family Division before being moved to the Trial Division.