President Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Kirsanow

Benesch is pleased to announce that President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate and appoint Peter N. Kirsanow to be Vice Chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Peter was reappointed last year by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives to his fourth consecutive six-year term on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. This is a part-time position which will expire in December 2025.

Peter is a partner with Benesch’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. He returned to Benesch in January 2008 after serving as a presidential appointee to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington D.C. for two years. While serving on the NLRB, he was involved with significant decisions including Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Dana/Metaldyne and Oil Capital Sheet Metal, Inc. In addition, Peter testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nominations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. He also continues to testify before and advise members of the U.S. Congress on employment law matters, most recently in November before the House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight regarding disparate impact theory.

For more information, please see official notice from the White House here.