A  senior counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee will take a job at the Justice Department, panel Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said today at a committee meeting.

Roscoe Jones, who has served on the committee staff for three years, will be a trial attorney in the  Civil Rights Division’s appellate section, according to a committee spokesperson. Today’s Judiciary Committee meeting was Jones’ last markup, Leahy said.

Jones worked on drug and crime legislation in addition to nominations, according to the committee chairman. Read more about him here.

“I wish him all the best and appreciate his contributions and hard work to the committee,” Leahy told panel members.