By: Branden Largent

After 20 years at the University of Minnesota, General Counsel Mark Rotenberg announced his resignation Monday.

In his current role, he was at the helm of the University’s legal department and represented its interests in court cases.

Rotenberg will take over the position of vice president and general counsel at Johns Hopkins University in June, according to a University press release.

“It has been a great honor to represent the University of Minnesota as General Counsel for the past two decades,” Rotenberg said in the press release. “While it is terribly difficult to leave the U … Johns Hopkins offers a unique and very special professional opportunity that I cannot pass up.”

Rotenberg’s litigation recovered more than $580 million for the University and even took him all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court where he argued on behalf of the University.

He also served as a professor in the law school and an adjunct professor in the College of Liberal Arts.

University President Eric Kaler said in the statement Rotenberg built “one of the finest offices of general counsel at any university in the country.”

He also provided legal counsel to the University Board of Regents and its 11 different chairs, said Board of Regents Chair Linda Cohen .

“I think it’s a great opportunity for Mark,” Cohen said. “But I also think it’s a loss for the University.”

She said she thinks he served the board, the University and the state well during his time with the University.

“We will miss his expertise,” she said.