Andrew Rogers Named Acting EEOC General Counsel

WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump has appointed Andrew Rogers as the acting general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

“I am honored to be selected by the President to serve at the Commission,” said Rogers, “and to advance robust, high-quality, efficient, and transparent enforcement of our nation’s civil rights laws via the agency’s litigation program.”

“I am delighted that President Trump has appointed Andrew Rogers as Acting General Counsel,” said EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas. “Andrew is a brilliant lawyer, a strategic thinker, and a trusted advisor. He has deep and broad employment law experience between his government service with me at the EEOC and with former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling at the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, as well as his time in private practice. I look forward to partnering with Andrew in his new role to continue the important work of the agency.”

Andrew Rogers has served as chief counsel to Lucas since October 2020, during her prior tenure as commissioner and her tenure as acting chair to date. In this position he participated in all aspects of the Commission’s work, including regulations, subregulatory guidance, amicus filings, federal sector matters, commissioner’s charges, subpoena determinations, and litigation. 

Prior to his time on the Commission, Rogers served in the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor, where he focused primarily on regulations and opinion letters. Before that, he practiced labor and employment law at Littler Mendelson PC and Paul Hastings LLP. Earlier in his career, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Harvey Bartle III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Rogers received a degree with honors from the University of Virginia, as well as his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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