Experience • Integrity • Dedication
- Career prosecutor with over 22 years serving as a prosecutor in Ottawa County, currently as Chief Assistant
- Has been assigned and has extensive experience in all facets of the Prosecutor’s Office including District, Circuit and Family Courts
- Passionate about seeking justice for victims and their families especially our children and vulnerable adults
- Helped establish a Vulnerable Adult Abuse Task Force in Ottawa County
- Has served on Ottawa County’s sobriety courts
- Over 20 years living in Ottawa County where she and her husband of 20 years have raised their four children
- Comes from a proud family of three generations of Army officer veterans
- Beliefs rooted in conservative Republican ideals
- Former Adjunct Professor teaching Trial Skills at WMU Cooley Law School
- Educator for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Association of Michigan (PAAM)
- Has taught at Grand Valley State University Police Academy for a number of years
“I have had the honor of serving the community of Ottawa County at the Ottawa County Prosecutors Office for more than 22 years. I have dedicated my career in prosecution to fighting for the rights of crime victims and their families with integrity. Protecting our children and vulnerable adults will continue to be my clear focus. I have extensive experience working in all areas of prosecution as well as training prosecutors and police officers at the county and state level. My husband and I have had the privilege of living in and raising our four wonderful children in Ottawa County for over 20 years, and I am excited for the opportunity to continue my service to Ottawa County as its’ next elected prosecuting attorney.”
Sarah Matwiejczyk, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney