President Joe Biden’s nomination of a diversity and inclusion expert for a seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) puts the panel closer to a 3-2 Democratic majority. Kalpana Kotagal’s nomination was announced April 4 for the seat that will come open when Republican Janet Dhillon’s term ends on July 1.
Kotagal is a partner at Cohen Milstein in Washington, D.C., and a member of the law firm’s civil rights and employment practice group. She may be best known as a co-author of the “Inclusion Rider,” a legal template aimed at increasing diversity in the entertainment industry.
