New San Diego U.S. attorney near

U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman announced Friday that he will resign Aug. 4, clearing the way for President Joe Biden’s nominee, Tara Mcgrath, to take charge of the federal prosecutor’s office.

Mcgrath’s nomination was approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and will now move to a vote by the full Senate, which is expected to confirm her.

It’s not yet known if Mcgrath’s confirmation vote will take place before the Senate goes on recess July 28, or once it gets back after Labor Day. If she is confirmed before the recess, Grossman would resign before Mcgrath is sworn in. Otherwise, an interim leader would head the office between Grossman’s resignation and Mcgrath’s post-recess confirmation.

Grossman has served as U.S. attorney for nearly two and a half years in acting, interim and appointed capacities while Biden delayed making a nomination.

Grossman, a graduate of California Western School of Law in downtown, began his career as a county prosecutor before spending nearly 16 years in private practice. He joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office under Robert Brewer in March 2020 and by September of that year was promoted to the No. 2 position in the office.

When Brewer resigned in February 2021 after the change in presidential administrations, Grossman spent the next 10 months as acting U.S. attorney. Attorney General Merrick Garland then appointed him as interim U.S. attorney for 120 days. When that expired in April 2022, the district judges appointed him as U.S. attorney.

“It has been the honor of my life to serve as U.S. Attorney alongside our office’s talented and selfless public servants and our exceptional agency and community partners,” Grossman said in a news release. “I am very proud of what we accomplished together for our nation, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served the people of the Southern District of California. I will leave with the utmost confidence in the future success of the office.”

Grossman, who worked more than 11 years in the San Diego office of global law firm Jones Day, said he plans to return to the private sector after his resignation.