James Redford now serves as director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency. He joined the Snyder administration in 2015 as chief legal counsel after losing a 2014 race for the state Supreme Court.
Redford was a Kent County judge for more than a decade. He's also a former federal prosecutor. Snyder says Redford has had a "distinguished career as a public servant."
The Snyder administration ends on Jan. 1 when Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, becomes governor.