On October 26, 2009, President Obama formally nominated  P. David Lopez as General Counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The nomination has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for confirmation.

Lopez currently serves as a Supervisory Trial Attorney at the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office. The Harvard Law graduate has previously worked as a Special Assistant to then-Commissioner Gilbert F. Casellas, as well as an attorney in the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The EEOC’s General Counsel position has been vacant since Ronald Cooper’s resignation earlier this year. Obama announced his intent to nominate Lopez for the position on October 22.