Bloomberg Law
March 28, 2017, 4:09 PM UTC

Seyfarth Partner Interviewed for Labor Post: Sources

Ben Penn

By Ben Penn, Bloomberg BNA

Alexander Passantino is a leading contender to run the Wage and Hour Division, following a White House interview last week with labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta, sources familiar with the meeting told Bloomberg BNA.

Passantino, who was acting WHD administrator for the final year of the George W. Bush administration, is now a partner at management law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Washington. Acosta was said to have joined White House officials for a batch of Labor Department personnel interviews March 23, a day after his first Senate confirmation hearing.

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