New EEOC Commissioner Nominated
On Monday, President Obama announced his intent to nominate disability and gay-rights expert, Chai R. Feldblum, for one of the five Commissioner spots on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Feldblum is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center where she has taught since 1991. Feldblum previously served as Legislative Counsel to the AIDS Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. In this role, she developed legislation, analyzed policy on various AIDS-related issues, and played a leading role in the drafting of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and, later as a law professor, in the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Feldblum has also worked on advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and has been a leading expert on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. Feldblum clerked for Judge Frank Coffin and for Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from Barnard College.
