A career in District Attorney’s Office is demanding and requires that the job be done with “passion and conviction” in seeking the truth.Good-natured Jump added a moment of levity to the proceedings when DA Totten finished a long portion of the oath of office and waited for those being sworn into office to mirror the statements. “You’d better repeat that,” noted Jump.Jump noted that the last year has been a difficult one in which he had to undergo difficult surgeries, take the Bar Exam and chair the Santa Paula Rotary Club Christmas Basket Program.“I would not be here without my family and my wife who at times was the sole-caregiver for the family,” said Jump. “And I offer a thank you to my colleagues who supported me as well.”“Mike has a quality of sincerity that is so genuine that I think when he finally does have an opportunity to work as a trial prosecutor he will endear himself to the courts and the juries alike,” said DA Totten.For the foreseeable future, Jump will continue to work in securing outside funding sources. “Ventura County would be even poorer than it is without Mike, he has been so successful in obtaining grants,” that his courtroom time will be indefinitely delayed.“I’m absolutely confident that he will make a great prosecutor. . .he’s incredibly humble, no arrogance or pretension about Mike: what you see is what you get. He’s a triple threat, not only has the innate abilities that will make him successful in court but also an unusual knowledge of administration and budgeting. . .I wouldn’t be surprised to see him become the CEO of some agency or the county itself, Mike’s that talented.”Overall, DA Totten noted, “Mike’s the type of guy that if going into a fight, you’d want him with you.”
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(Left) Michael Jump was sworn in as a new Deputy District Attorney and is congratulated by (right) Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten |
Mike Jump ‘hometown son’ sworn in as Deputy District Attorney
September 03, 2003
Santa Paula News
By Peggy Kelly
Santa Paula TimesNew Deputy District Attorney Michael Jump, a native of Santa Paula is “Very much the hometown son who’s done well and loves Santa Paula very much. He’s really committed to it,” said Jump’s boss, District Attorney Greg Totten.Jump, who recently passed the California Bar Exam on his first attempt, was sworn-in Wednesday in a courtroom of the Ventura County Government Center.Jump has been the Director of Development/Senior Program Administrator with the DA’s Office for three years, the office expert on grants, both securing them and then administrating millions of dollars of the vital supplemental funding.Jump is a former Lands & Resources Attorney for the Bristol Bay Native Association in Dillingham, Alaska who returned to his hometown of Santa Paula after overseeing the multi-faceted agency. He also has extensive experience in environmental law and policy-making.A founding member of the Santa Paula Weed & Seed program, Jump oversaw the grant writing effort that led to the city’s application being considered a model for other groups and which is expected to garner a $1-million-plus award in the near future.Jump’s wife Victoria and children Rachel and Mason attended the swearing-in ceremony, as did his mother, Ruby Jump.“It’s always a privilege to add an outstanding individual to our ranks,” said DA Totten, who aside from Jump also swore-in DA Investigators Lorrinda Lepore and Ken Valentini.“The District Attorney’s Office hires the best of the best and these individuals typify,” those who answer to the “higher calling” of the profession, DA Totten noted.
