[NFBMD] Senate Vote on Karla Gilbride to EEOC General Counsel Position Today

[rothmanjd at gmail.com]

All,

I'm thrilled to share that Karla Gilbride was confirmed yesterday, in a
bipartisan vote, as General Counsel to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission.  Karla is a member of the National Association of Blind Lawyers
and a truly talented and brilliant attorney.  She is the first blind person
to hold this role.

 

You may be familiar with Karla's ground-breaking work, including her arguing
before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.  She
previously served as co-director of Public Justice's Access to Justice
Project.  Karla graduated with honors from Georgetown Law in 2007 and
clerked for Judge Ronald Gould on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit. She received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College with
highest honors in 2002 with a major in linguistics and minor in psychology.

 

Congratulations, Karla!

 

 

Ronza Othman, President

National Federation of the Blind of Maryland

443-426-4110

Pronouns: she, her, hers

 

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Subject: Senate Vote on Karla Gilbride to EEOC General Counsel Position
Today

 

Friends, sometime today the United States Senate will vote on the
confirmation of Karla Gilbride as general counsel of the US Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission. Karla is a blind attorney from Maryland. There will
be two different votes, one to invoke cloture and the other the final vote.
The first vote should begin around approximately 2:15 p.m., and the second
vote should take place Later today. Below is a link in case folks want to
watch live. 



 <https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm> U.S. Senate:
Floor Proceedings

 <https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm> senate.gov

 <https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm> 

 

 

Ronza Othman, President

National Federation of the Blind of Maryland

443-426-4110

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