John Gore, a onetime acting leader of the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division who spearheaded the failed effort to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, is returning to Jones Day.

Gore rejoined Jones Day as a partner in its government regulation practice Wednesday after stepping down from the government in August. He most recently served as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s civil rights division, after earlier serving as acting assistant AG and deputy assistant AG.