The longtime counselor to Chief Justice John Roberts announced on Sept. 6 that he is leaving his post at the end of the month.
Jeffrey P. Minear will retire as of Sept. 30 after serving as Roberts’ 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.
Minear’s successor has yet to be named.
Under federal law, the counselor performs “such duties as may be assigned to him by the Chief Justice,” according to a press release from the court’s Public Information Office….