EEOC Top Lawyer Nomination Signals Aggressive Litigation Focus

Karla Gilbride, President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as the EEOC’s top lawyer, is expected to carry out an aggressive litigation program that would help cement the administration’s progressive agenda.

The senior attorney at the nonprofit advocacy group Public Justice likely would join a newly formed Democratic majority on the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. If confirmed, Gilbride would be the final piece needed for the workplace antidiscrimination enforcement agency to execute progressive policy measures that have been under consideration for more than a year.

“The most tangible ways that employers are involved with the EEOC is when the EEOC ...