Expanded Mission Under Biden Challenges DOL’s New Top Lawyer

Newly confirmed labor solicitor Seema Nanda will be relying on years of federal agency experience as she confronts an expanding portfolio in an administration committed to a wide range of legally complex worker-focused initiatives.

Nanda, confirmed by a 53-46 vote Wednesday, was a U.S. Labor Department adviser during the Obama era, serving as chief of staff to the secretary and, briefly, as deputy solicitor following a stint in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Her peers say it’s precisely the pedigree needed to rise to the challenge as the DOL’s chief attorney and No. 3 official, overseeing the application ...