Public Justice Attorney Tapped for EEOC General Counsel Post

President Joe Biden intends to nominate Karla Gilbride to serve as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s general counsel, the White House said.

• Gilbride works at Public Justice, a left-leaning legal advocacy group, where she litigates on behalf of low-wage workers, according to the White House announcement.
• The Biden administration fired Trump-appointed general counsel Sharon Gustafsonon March 5, 2021. The Republican lawyer’s term was to run through 2023, prompting her to accuse the administration of a partisan power grab.
• The termination triggered questions about the White House’s authority to remove Gustafson, as well as about the long-term role of ...