Kalpana Kotagal

Kalpana Kotagal is an American employment attorney who is the nominee to serve as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Kalpana Kotagal
Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Nominee
Assuming office
TBA
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingJanet Dhillon
Personal details
Children2
EducationStanford University (AB, BS)
University of Pennsylvania (JD)

Education

Kotagal earned a dual Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[1]

Career

Kotagal served as a law clerk for Judge Betty Binns Fletcher. She later joined Cohen Milstein, where she has since worked as a partner. Kotagal was also a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School. She specializes in employment law, Title VII, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.[2] Kotagal is also known for co-creating the concept of the inclusion rider, a legal stipulation that has become popular to include in entertainment industry contracts.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Kotagal lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Wyatt King, and two sons.[6]

References
  1. School, Stanford Law. "Civil Rights Practice at a Private Public Interest Firm: Kalpana Kotagal". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  2. "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. "WarnerMedia Announces New Inclusion Rider Policy To Promote Diversity". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  4. Garon, Jon M. (2021-08-03). The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide: Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent Films and Series. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-64160-427-7.
  5. Buckley, Cara (2019-06-19). "Inclusion Rider? What Inclusion Rider?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. Dishman, Lydia (2018-03-22). "This Is One Of The Women Behind Hollywood's Inclusion Rider". Fast Company. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
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