GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan announced several promotions, reassignments, and new hires.

Assistant District Attorney Erin Aiello has been promoted to the Chief of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit. Aiello has worked in the Northwestern DA’s Office since February 2019 and DA Sullivan described her as a “dedicated and talented prosecutor.” 

Photo of Erin Aiello, contributed by the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office

From the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office:

Promotions, unit changes at the Northwestern DA’s Office

Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan is announcing several promotions, reassignments and new hires within the DA’s office.

Northwestern Assistant District Attorney Erin Aiello was promoted to Chief of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit and ADA Thomas Robinson in May was promoted to Chief of the Elders and Persons with Disabilities Unit.

Meanwhile, former DVSAU Chief Sandra Staub transitioned to the Juvenile Justice Unit filling the vacancy left when ADA Robinson moved to the Elders and Persons with Disabilities Unit.

Aiello has worked for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office in the DVSAU since February of 2019 after working previously in the Plymouth and Bristol County district attorney’s offices. Robinson joined the office in 2023 after working for years in various positions with the Committee for Public Counsel Services and in private practice.

Also this month, Ingrid Frau joined the office as an Assistant District Attorney in the DVSAU after a 19- year tenure in the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office, including many years as a domestic violence prosecutor.

“ADA Aiello is a dedicated and talented prosecutor and I am pleased to promote her to be the chief of the DVSAU. The former director of the unit, ADA Staub, set the bar high and I have no doubt the unit will continue its excellent work under Erin’s leadership and with the addition of a prosecutor as experienced as ADA Frau,” said Northwestern District Attorney Sullivan. “The juvenile unit will be well served by the experience and compassion of ADA Staub.”

DA Sullivan noted that in the two years ADA Robinson has been with the office he distinguished himself as a skilled litigator in juvenile courts as well as in district and superior courts. “Tom’s prior experience and passion for helping victims of crime will serve him well in this new position,” said DA Sullivan.

Other recent staff changes include:

• ADA Jared Hirsch, who has worked at the office since January of 2023 after previously working as an ADA in Suffolk County was named Attorney-in-Charge of the Northampton District Court, replacing former ADA Veronice Santana, who left in June to take a position with the Massachusetts Parole Board.

• ADA Elayna Bartolomeo was promoted to Attorney-in-Charge of the office’s Greenfield District Court staff. Bartolomeo joined the office in December 2022 after previously working as an ADA in Berkshire County. She replaces ADA Ryan Scott, who will continue prosecuting cases inGreenfield District Court while also working alongside Superior Court ADA Aidan Lanciani handling investigations and cases from the Northwestern Anti-Crime Task Force.

• Other recent new hires as assistant district attorneys were Mailande DeWitt and Kyle Stublen who joined the office in March and May respectively. ADA Stublen, who previously worked as a prosecutor in Florida and at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, is working in the Child Protection Unit. ADA DeWitt, a new member of the bar, is a prosecutor in the district courts.