Chief of Staff to Chief Justice John Roberts to Resign Sept. 30

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 31, 2020. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

The longtime counselor to Chief Justice John Roberts announced on Sept. 6 that he’s leaving his post at the end of the month.

Jeffrey P. Minear will retire on Sept. 30 after serving as Roberts’s chief of staff since 2006. Minear previously worked for the U.S. solicitor general’s office, where he argued 56 cases before the Supreme Court. As chief justice, Roberts is head of the federal judiciary as well as presiding officer of the Supreme Court.