Business Week
The Associated PressApril 9, 2012, 5:39PM ET
by Ryan J. Foley
IOWA CITY, Iowa
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal appeals court Monday to reconsider a ruling that could hurt its ability to pursue class-action discrimination lawsuits on behalf of workers in the Midwest.
The agency filed a petition asking the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a February ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 100 women who claimed they were sexually harassed by male drivers at an Iowa trucking company.
Full Story: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U1LELG1.htm
Showing posts with label P. David Lopez. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Thursday, December 23, 2010
EEOC Commissioners and General Counsel Confirmed by the Senate
On December 22, 2010, the Senate confirmed the nominations of EEOC Commissioners Chai Feldblum, Victoria Lipnic and Jacqueline Berrien (Chair). EEOC General Counsel P. David Lopez was also confirmed. Berrien's and Lopez's term expires in 2014; Feldblum's term expires in 2013. Commissioner Victoria Lipnic's term expires in 2015.
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_confc.htm
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_confc.htm
Thursday, April 8, 2010
P. David Lopez Sworn in as General Counsel of the EEOC
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
PRESS RELEASE
4-8-10
PHOENIX—David Lopez, a 15-year agency veteran, was sworn in today as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in a ceremony at the agency’s Phoenix District Office. He becomes the first General Counsel to be appointed from the ranks of field attorneys.
Lopez was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama on Oct. 22, 2009, and received a recess appointment to the post on March 27, 2010. He will serve at the EEOC’s Washington headquarters until the end of the Congressional session in 2011, absent confirmation by the Senate.
“I am delighted to have an attorney with David’s extensive knowledge of the law and familiarity with the EEOC’s legal program as General Counsel,” said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien. “He will be a valued partner in our vital mission of eradicating employment discrimination.”
“I feel very honored by President Obama’s appointment and view it as an affirmation of support for the EEOC staff in the field fighting every day to vindicate civil rights and preserve the promise of this great country,” Lopez said. “I intend to further develop the national law firm model for the EEOC to combat discrimination. I look forward to working with Chair Berrien and the entire Commission to ensure equal opportunity throughout this nation.”
Lopez began his career at the EEOC working for former Chairman Gilbert Casellas as a Special Assistant in Washington. For the past 12 years, he has served as a Senior Trial Attorney and a Supervisory Trial Attorney in the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office. There, he has been responsible for successfully litigating many high-profile cases on a wide variety of legal bases. He has tried several cases to verdict in jury trials involving disability discrimination, sexual harassment, race discrimination and harassment, national origin and retaliation, gender wage discrimination, and religious discrimination.
In particular, Lopez was lead counsel in EEOC v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, CIV 02-1908-PHX-ROS, a post 9/11 religious discrimination case, where a jury entered a verdict against Alamo for $287,640, $250,000 of which were punitive damages. Lopez has also litigated and resolved cases on behalf of the EEOC and victims of discrimination under all of the statutes and bases enforced by the EEOC, including the ADEA.
Before joining the Commission, Lopez served in the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1991 to 1994. From 1988 to 1991, he was an associate with the law firm of Spiegel and McDiarmid in Washington, DC.
Lopez received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1988 and a B.S. in Political Science from Arizona State University in 1985, magna cum laude.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
PRESS RELEASE
4-8-10
PHOENIX—David Lopez, a 15-year agency veteran, was sworn in today as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in a ceremony at the agency’s Phoenix District Office. He becomes the first General Counsel to be appointed from the ranks of field attorneys.
Lopez was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama on Oct. 22, 2009, and received a recess appointment to the post on March 27, 2010. He will serve at the EEOC’s Washington headquarters until the end of the Congressional session in 2011, absent confirmation by the Senate.
“I am delighted to have an attorney with David’s extensive knowledge of the law and familiarity with the EEOC’s legal program as General Counsel,” said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien. “He will be a valued partner in our vital mission of eradicating employment discrimination.”
“I feel very honored by President Obama’s appointment and view it as an affirmation of support for the EEOC staff in the field fighting every day to vindicate civil rights and preserve the promise of this great country,” Lopez said. “I intend to further develop the national law firm model for the EEOC to combat discrimination. I look forward to working with Chair Berrien and the entire Commission to ensure equal opportunity throughout this nation.”
Lopez began his career at the EEOC working for former Chairman Gilbert Casellas as a Special Assistant in Washington. For the past 12 years, he has served as a Senior Trial Attorney and a Supervisory Trial Attorney in the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office. There, he has been responsible for successfully litigating many high-profile cases on a wide variety of legal bases. He has tried several cases to verdict in jury trials involving disability discrimination, sexual harassment, race discrimination and harassment, national origin and retaliation, gender wage discrimination, and religious discrimination.
In particular, Lopez was lead counsel in EEOC v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, CIV 02-1908-PHX-ROS, a post 9/11 religious discrimination case, where a jury entered a verdict against Alamo for $287,640, $250,000 of which were punitive damages. Lopez has also litigated and resolved cases on behalf of the EEOC and victims of discrimination under all of the statutes and bases enforced by the EEOC, including the ADEA.
Before joining the Commission, Lopez served in the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1991 to 1994. From 1988 to 1991, he was an associate with the law firm of Spiegel and McDiarmid in Washington, DC.
Lopez received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1988 and a B.S. in Political Science from Arizona State University in 1985, magna cum laude.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Obama to make recess appointments to 15 administration posts
CNN.com
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 27, 2010 6:26 p.m. EDT
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama announced Saturday that he will make recess appointments of 15 nominees to administration posts who are awaiting confirmation by the full Senate.
"The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disapprove of my nominees," Obama said in a written statement that also named the 15 individuals. "But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis.
"Most of the men and women whose appointments I am announcing today were approved by Senate committees months ago, yet still await a vote of the Senate. At a time of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury have been held up for nearly six months. I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government."
...The president has the authority under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution to make recess appointments.
Besides Becker, the other 14 recess appointees are:
• Jeffrey Goldstein, under secretary for domestic finance, Department of the Treasury
• Michael F. Mundaca, assistant secretary for tax policy, Department of the Treasury
• Eric L. Hirschhorn, under secretary of commerce for export administration and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce
• Michael Punke, deputy trade representative - Geneva, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• Francisco "Frank" J. Sanchez, under secretary for international trade, Department of Commerce
• Islam A. Siddiqui, chief agricultural negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• Alan D. Bersin, commissioner, U.S. Customs and border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
• Rafael Borras, under secretary for management , Department of Homeland Security
• Jill Long Thompson, Farm Credit Administration Board
• Mark Gaston Pearce, National Labor Relations Board
• Jacqueline A. Berrien, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Chai R. Feldblum, commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Victoria A. Lipnic: commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• P. David Lopez: general counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Full Story: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/27/obama.recess.appointments/index.html
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 27, 2010 6:26 p.m. EDT
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama announced Saturday that he will make recess appointments of 15 nominees to administration posts who are awaiting confirmation by the full Senate.
"The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disapprove of my nominees," Obama said in a written statement that also named the 15 individuals. "But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis.
"Most of the men and women whose appointments I am announcing today were approved by Senate committees months ago, yet still await a vote of the Senate. At a time of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury have been held up for nearly six months. I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government."
...The president has the authority under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution to make recess appointments.
Besides Becker, the other 14 recess appointees are:
• Jeffrey Goldstein, under secretary for domestic finance, Department of the Treasury
• Michael F. Mundaca, assistant secretary for tax policy, Department of the Treasury
• Eric L. Hirschhorn, under secretary of commerce for export administration and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce
• Michael Punke, deputy trade representative - Geneva, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• Francisco "Frank" J. Sanchez, under secretary for international trade, Department of Commerce
• Islam A. Siddiqui, chief agricultural negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• Alan D. Bersin, commissioner, U.S. Customs and border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
• Rafael Borras, under secretary for management , Department of Homeland Security
• Jill Long Thompson, Farm Credit Administration Board
• Mark Gaston Pearce, National Labor Relations Board
• Jacqueline A. Berrien, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Chai R. Feldblum, commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Victoria A. Lipnic: commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• P. David Lopez: general counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Full Story: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/27/obama.recess.appointments/index.html
Monday, November 2, 2009
President Obama Nominates P. David Lopez, EEOC General Counsel
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release October 22, 2009
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts:
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts:
P. David Lopez, Nominee for General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
David Lopez has served at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for 13 years in the field and at headquarters. He began at the EEOC in 1994 as a Special Assistant to Commissioner Casellas. Currently, Mr. Lopez is a Supervisory Trial Attorney with the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office. During his tenure, Mr. Lopez has successfully tried several cases on behalf of the EEOC in a wide variety of legal bases. Before joining the Commission, Mr. Lopez served at the Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section, at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1991 to 1994. From 1988 to 1991, he was an Associate with Spiegel and McDiarmid. Mr. Lopez received a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1988 and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Arizona State University in 1985, magna cum laude.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-102309
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