President Joe Biden on Monday nominated Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner and former top New Orleans federal prosecutor Kenneth Polite to serve as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division.

Polite served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 2013 to 2017, having been nominated to the role by President Barack Obama. He joined Morgan Lewis’ global disputes and investigations team as a partner in Philadelphia in July 2018.