Jeh Johnson, the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense, has announced that he is stepping down at the end of the year after almost four years in the job.

It is anticipated that Johnson, 55, will return as a partner to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, the firm where he has spent the bulk of his private legal career.

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