Obama Names P. David Lopez as His Choice for EEOC General Counsel

Last Thursday President Obama announced has his intent to nominate P. David Lopez to serve as general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to a White House press release, Lopez has worked at the EEOC for 13 years both in the field and at the agency’s headquarters. Lopez presently serves as a supervisory trial attorney with the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office. Prior to working for the EEOC, Lopez worked at the Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section, at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1991 to 1994, and was an associate in a private law practice from 1988-1991. Lopez earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1988, and his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Arizona State University in 1985, magna cum laude.