President Donald Trump March 19 nominated solo practitioner and former Jones Day lawyer Sharon Fast Gustafson as general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Gustafson would fill the agency’s top litigator post, which has has been vacant since December 2016. The general counsel role comes with broad discretion in pursuing cases to enforce federal workplace discrimination laws. If confirmed for a four-year term by the Senate, Gustafson would join the agency as it is considering its approach to issues such as pay discrimination and sexual harassment on the job.
Gustafson was part of a legal team that convinced the ...
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