Department of Homeland Security General Counsel Jonathan Meyer is stepping down after serving in the role for almost three years.
In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, Meyer said that he is returning to the private sector.
In October 2021, the Senate confirmed Meyer to serve as the sixth general counsel of DHS to oversee about 3,500 attorneys and assume responsibilities as the department’s regulatory policy officer.
Prior to this role, the Harvard University graduate was senior counselor and deputy general counsel at DHS between 2011 and 2016.
Meyer previously served as a partner at a Washington, D.C.-based law firm, deputy assistant attorney general within the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, special deputy general counsel at Amtrak and counsel to then-Senator Joe Biden on the Senate Judiciary Committee.