The seal of the The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden will nominate Karla Gilbride, a high-profile civil rights lawyer whose work has focused on combating companies' use of mandatory arbitration to handle workers' and consumers' legal claims, to be the top lawyer at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the White House said on Friday.
Biden's intent to nominate Gilbride, who works at nonprofit law firm Public Justice in Washington, D.C., to be general counsel of the EEOC was announced in a release. She must be confirmed by the evenly divided U.S. Senate.
Gilbride did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An EEOC spokesman declined to comment.
Public Justice in a statement said Gilbride "has a proven track record of advocating for commonsense legal protections for workers who have been cheated or discriminated against, and those whose civil rights and civil liberties have been wrongly violated."
The EEOC enforces federal laws banning workplace discrimination. The general counsel's office investigates worker complaints and can sue companies that refuse to settle bias claims found to have merit.
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