EEOC Chair Violated Attorney Ethics Codes, Bar Complaint Says

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas should be investigated for using her position to advance “personal and political objectives” that violate her duties to enforce federal discrimination law, a legal accountability group told the Virginia State Bar.

The Legal Accountability Center filed the bar complaint earlier this week citing a series of actions the commission has taken under Lucas’s leadership that includes halting investigations of charges dealing with transgender bias and charges based on solely on unintentional discrimination claims.It also cited letters to law firms signed by Lucas asking for information about their diversity initiatives.

Lucas, a Republican, moved swiftly after ...