President Joe Biden nominated Steve Dettelbach to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives April 11.

"Today, I am proud to nominate Steve Dettelbach to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,” Biden said on Twitter. “Steve’s record makes him ready on day one to lead this agency — and I look forward to working with the Senate to get him confirmed."

Dettelbach was the federal attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, according to an April 11 article on The Hill. He served as U.S. attorney for seven years after being nominated for the position by former-President Obama in 2009. The two were classmates together at Harvard Law School.

Dettelbach currently works at national law firm BakerHostetler as the co-leader of white-collar investigations, The Hill reported.

The nominee has announced he supports the men and women of the ATF and believes they deserve more support from the public, according to The Hill.

“Whether it was taking a single violent recidivist off the street in Maryland or putting together a big racketeering case against a violent gang in Youngstown, Ohio, I have seen the ATF work with other law enforcement to make so many of our communities safer,” Dettelbach said, according to a transcript provided by the White House.

Biden withdrew his nomination of David Chipman for the position in September of last year because Chipman did not receive enough support from the Senate, The Hill reported.