In an e-mail to the Variety, Dockter said: “I love my work at the prosecutor’s office. I will miss the staff, the officers at [the Department of Public Safety], and the other prosecutors [at the Attorney General’s Office].”
“However, the [AGO] criminal division is in the midst of uncertainty and I am not confident that it can be turned around in the near future,” Dockter added.
She said “in light of the opportunity at the [Supreme] Court, I can no longer justify staying at the AG’s office regardless of how much I enjoy serving the community in this capacity.”
Stafford, for his part, tendered his resignation on Monday.
His last day in office is May 8, 2010.
Dockter’s resignation takes effect on May 21.
Ten prosecutors have left the AGO since Edward Buckingham became the attorney general in Sept. 2009.
The remaining prosecutors at the criminal division are Chief Prosecutor Rosemond B. Santos, Assistant Attorneys General Brian Gallagher and William Downer.
