Ex-Ogletree Lawyer Said to Be Picked to Run Wage-Hour Division

By Ben Penn, Bloomberg BNA

The White House is expected to name former George W. Bush administration attorney Cheryl Stanton to head the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, according to sources familiar with the process.

Stanton, currently executive director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, served in Bush’s second term as the White House’s principal legal liaison to the DOL, National Labor Relations Board, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her White House job was sandwiched between two nearly five-year stints as a shareholder for management law firm Ogletree Deakins, where she represented employers in wage-and-hour cases. ...