Seth Harris to be Nominated Deputy Secretary of Labor

Congratulations to Seth Harris (NYLS), who the White House announced yesterday will be President Obama's nomineee for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor.

Harris was recently the Obama Transition Project’s Agency Working Group Leader for the labor, education, and transportation agencies.  In addition to being a Professor and the Director of Labor & Employment Law Programs at New York Law School, he is also a Senior Fellow of the Life Without Limits Project of the United Cerebral Palsy Association and a member of the National Advisory Commission on Workplace Flexibility.  He served as the Chair of Obama for America’s Labor, Employment, and Workplace Policy Committee and a Co-Chair of its Disability Policy Committee.  During the Clinton Administration, he served as Counselor to the Secretary of Labor and Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, among other policy-advising positions.  Before joining the administration, he was a law clerk to Judge William Canby of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and Judge Gene Carter of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.  He graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Law & Social Change.  He received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations.

Coincidentally, the same press release announcing Harris's nomination also announces the nomination of Michael Selmi's wife, Kathleen A. Merrigan, to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. 

Hat tips: Michael Selmi, Paul Secunda.

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