United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana Clifford D. Johnson will resign Friday after serving more than three years in the post.

His resignation, sent via letter to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and United States Attorney General Merrick Garland., will be effective at 11:59 p.m. on January 17. Under the Vacancy Reform Act, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay, who has been with the Department of Justice for more than 30 years, will assume the role of Acting U.S. Attorney.

Traditionally, incoming presidents — particularly when there is a change in party — will appoint their own slate of U.S. Attorneys.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana,” Johnson said in a news release. “I wish to thank President Biden, Attorney General Garland and Senator Young and former Senator Braun for the opportunity to serve the citizens of the United States as this District’s U.S. Attorney. Serving as the Northern District’s U.S. Attorney is the capstone of my career in public service.”

Johnson, a Gary native, was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on July 26, 2021 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate on September 30, 2021 for the position. Previously, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Indiana from 1986 to August 2020, including Chief of the Civil Division from 1997 to 2010 and twice serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney — from June 2010 to March 2017 and October 2017 to August 2020. He was also Acting U.S. Attorney from March 2017 to October 2017.

Prior to joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Johnson was a Trial Attorney in the Employment Litigation Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C. from August 1980 to December 1985.

Johnson received his J.D. from Valparaiso University Law School in 1980 and his B.A. from Valparaiso University in 1976.