The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Understanding and Responding to EEOC Charges

Mr. Kehoe is Senior Counsel in Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Washington D.C. office.  Prior to rejoining Seyfarth in September 2013, he served as an Attorney Advisor to the Honorable Victoria A. Lipnic, Commissioner at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, for almost three and a half years. 

While at the EEOC, Mr. Kehoe provided legal counsel to Commissioner Lipnic regarding all policy matters confronting the Commission, including final regulations and enforcement guidance documents, and regarding all aspects of agency business such as Commission-initiated litigation, systemic litigation, requests for approval to file amicus briefs by the Office of General Counsel, subpoena determinations, and field activities.   He negotiated and drafted regulatory text for the final regulations under the ADAAA, GINA, and the ADEA, and the Commission’s Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Criminal Conviction Decisions under Title VII.

Louis C. Klein has nearly 20 years’ experience in all aspects of employment counseling,, workplace investigation, mediation and trial practice.  Louis has handled numerous trials, arbitrations and mediations, and participated in administrative proceedings before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing ("DFEH"), the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), and the California Labor Commissioner. He also provides advice and counseling on day-to-day employment law issues, including discipline and termination, wage and hour issues, employment contracts for employees and key executives, and other transactional/employment business advice.

Marilyn Clark is a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP.  She joined Dorsey’s Labor and Employment group in 2006, and her practice consists of both litigation and advice services in a broad range of employment matters.  In addition to representing clients in various state and federal courts, she has advocated for individuals and businesses in arbitrations, mediations, and administrative proceedings, including proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and various state unemployment and civil rights divisions.  She also regularly offers day-to-day guidance to employers of all sizes on compliance with employment laws.  She has expertise in wage and hour audits, particularly with regard to exemption status, and she has presented and offered numerous training sessions on this topic.  She graduated cum laude from Cornell Law School, where she served as a managing editor of the Cornell Law Review.