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A second U.S. Attorney in Indiana has announced his resignation, this time from the state’s Northern District.
Clifford Johnson is stepping down, effective today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
This follows Zachary Myers’ announcement that he also was resigning from the only other U.S. Attorney post in Indiana. He served the state’s Southern District.
Johnson tendered resignation letters to President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland on Dec. 16, according to the DOJ.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Nommay, who has been with the DOJ for more than 30 years, will assume the role of Acting U.S. Attorney in the Northern District following Johnson’s departure.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana,” Johnson said in written remarks. “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 was nominated by Biden on July 26, 2021 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate for the Northern District position.
He previously was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District from 1986 to August 2020.
During his tenure with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Johnson held numerous supervisory/management positions, 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).
Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in January 1986, 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, a Gary native, received his J.D. from Valparaiso University Law School in 1980 and his B.A. from Valparaiso University in 1976.
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