Talk:Executive Assistant District Attorney

This really needs to be merged into a broader article about the operations of a prosecutorial office, since the exact job duties, titles, and hierarchy varies with each office. I know that my former office had all three titles, and each one had a different job. The Chief Assistants (note the plural) were in charge of their respective divisions (appeals, screening, trials, juvenile, etc...) and supervision of their subordinates, while the Executive Assistant was more like the accounting department. The First Assistant just made sure that she got her shopping, nails, and massages done on time...


 * There is no reason at all to merge this with any other article. If you want to write an article about the operations of a prosecutor's office, do so.  Don't merge this with it, though.  That would be like merging the article on the Vice President of the United States with an article on White House operations, or merging the article explaining what a Lieutenant Governor is with a general article on state government, or merging the article explaining what a Colonel is with the article about the United States Army.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.111.176 (talk) 01:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Difference between this article and one about the Vice President of the United States is that there is only one Vice President; while there are quite possibly hundreds of Executive/First/Chief Assistant District Attorneys in the United States alone. Each individual position is likely to be unique to that specific office. While one can quite easily write an article that encompasses the duties and responsibilities of an office that is only held by one person at a time, it is quite another to write one article that covers a generic title that applies to hundreds of different situations in hundreds of different offices. Besides, discussing this particular job position is getting down into the weeds. This all should be wrapped up into a general article on prosecutorial office operations; or even into the general articles on District Attorneys or Prosecutors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.171.153 (talk) 03:06, 24 May 2008 (UTC)