Biden to Pick Ex-DNC Official as Labor Department Top Lawyer (2)

President Joe Biden will select Democratic operative and former Obama administration official Seema Nanda as the solicitor of labor, the U.S. Labor Department’s chief attorney, the White House announced Friday.

Nanda had stints as deputy solicitor and chief of staff at DOL for Obama administration Labor Secretary Tom Perez, and then worked under Perez as the Democratic National Committee’s CEO. If confirmed by the Senate, Nanda would join newly sworn-in Labor Secretary Marty Walsh atop a department charged with significant responsibilities for pandemic economic recovery.

Biden’s move to nominate Nanda, who is Indian American, comes after Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) ...