Jonathan Johnson, the former general counsel of e-commerce website Overstock.com Inc., has been named the permanent CEO of the company after serving in the interim role for the last month.

Johnson, who served as the Salt Lake City-based company’s top lawyer from 2002 to 2005, succeeds longtime CEO and founder Patrick Byrne. In August, Byrne stepped down after 20 years over backlash on his political comments. Johnson also had served as acting CEO when he was the president in 2013. He’s held various roles within the company since 2002, including senior vice president, vice chairman, board chairman and most recently board member.

Jonathan E. Johnson III, CEO of Overstock, and President of Medici Ventures in Salt Lake City, Utah.