Steven Moawad, the California state bar’s chief trial counsel, has withdrawn his nomination from the state Senate, effectively ending his tenure as the agency’s top prosecutor.

The bar hired Moawad, a long time prosecutor in Contra Costa County, in April 2017 with hopes of bring stability to a job that in recent years has been plagued by legislative scrutiny, labor discord and turnover. But his appointment to lead the Office of Chief Trial Counsel, or OCTC, was never brought up for a required confirmation vote by the state Senate.