J. Dee Brooks graduated from Michigan State University in 1980, and from the University Of Detroit School Of Law in 1983.  He has been a practicing Michigan trial lawyer for 39 years, and has worked in public prosecution for 34 years.  He previously served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Kent and Bay Counties, 14 years in Midland County, including eight years as the Chief Assistant, and has also served as a Special Prosecutor in six other counties.  He has served as the elected Midland County Prosecutor since November of 2014.

Mr. Brooks currently serves as the Vice-President of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (PAAM) Board of Directors, on the State Elder Abuse Task Force, and on the Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Michigan Judiciary. He previously served on the Midland City Council, the Shelterhouse Board of Directors, the Midland County Domestic and Sexual Violence Coordinating Council, the Circle of Health Partnership Board, and the United Way Campaign Cabinet and Community Allocation Panels. He also currently serves on the Tri-County Community Adjudication Program Board (Tri-Cap), the Health and Human Services Council, and as Chair of the Midland County Community Corrections Advisory Board and the DARE Program Board of Directors. Mr. Brooks is a member of the Leadership Midland Alumni Association (Class of 2002), the Midland Business Alliance, and has been a volunteer coach for the Midland Community Center and the Midland Soccer Club.

Atea attended Grand Valley State University where she was a member of the Frederik Meijer Honors College and graduated cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2010.  She earned her Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law, summa cum laude, in May 2013.  During law school, Atea completed an internship through the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan in the Berrien County Prosecutor’s Office, as well as internships in the Ionia and Ingham County Prosecutors’ Offices.  She also served as the Executive Director of the Appellate Moot Court Board and earned her Trial Practice Certificate through the Trial Practice Institute at MSU College of Law.  Atea was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 2013.  In 2014, Atea joined the Midland County Prosecutor’s Office where she primarily handles administrative matters and matters in the Midland County Circuit Court. 

Atea is also the owner/handler of the office's canine advocate, Joey.

Joseph is a graduate of Saginaw Valley State University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Criminal Justice, Business Management and Health & Fitness Management. While attending SVSU, he was a varsity letterman in baseball. He received his Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in May 2001, and successfully passed the Michigan State Bar examination in July 2001. During his time at Cooley Law School he completed a prosecutorial externship with the Bay County Prosecutor's Office. Upon admission into the State Bar of Michigan he served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Tuscola from 2002 until 2005, where he successfully handled numerous criminal and civil matters in the District, Probate, and Circuit Courts.

Joseph joined the Midland County Prosecutor's Office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in April of 2005, where he continues to successfully handle numerous criminal and civil matters in the District, Probate, and Circuit Courts for the County of Midland.