Maui Mayor-elect Alan Arakawa has nominated a deputy prosecuting attorney for the county’s top prosecutorial post.

Arakawa on Wednesday tapped John “J.D.” Kim as county prosecutor, and former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rivera as his chief deputy.

Kim’s appointment is subject to city council approval.

Kim has been a deputy prosecutor for 17 years, and previously was a deputy county corporation counsel for seven years. If confirmed, he would replace prosecutor Benjamin Acob.

Rivera now is a partner at Rivera & Martin law firm, where he concentrates on criminal, family and immigration law. He would succeed current First Deputy Prosecutor Peter Hanano.