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Tobi Raji: The White House’s nomination of Catherine Eschbach to be general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission elevates a corporate lawyer who has emerged as a key Trump enforcer at federal civil rights agencies.
Eschbach, most recently the EEOC’s acting general counsel, is credited with overseeing the dismantling of the Department of Labor’s office that enforces antidiscrimination law for federal contractors.
If confirmed by the US Senate, she would serve a four-year term at the EEOC, helping effectuate President Donald Trump’s agenda focusing on bias against White workers and religious discrimination.
Before joining the Trump administration, Eschbach worked for six years at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, serving in the firm’s appellate group, where she focused on constitutional, statutory, and administrative law issues.
At Morgan Lewis, many of Eschbach’s cases in the federal district courts were brought under the Administrative Procedures Act, according to Bloomberg Law’s Litigation Analytics. She represented Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a dispute challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board.
Eschbach’s background is a departure from previous general counsels who often had extensive government or advocacy group experience, or had spent a lot of time practicing civil rights and employment law.
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