13 Facts About Eugene Scalia

Eugene Scalia was born on August 14,1963 and is an American attorney who is a partner at Gibson Dunn.

Eugene Scalia served as the United States secretary of labor during the final 16 months of the Donald Trump administration.

Eugene Scalia is a son of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

Eugene Scalia attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in economics and a minor in political science.

Eugene Scalia worked for the US government for two years, then attended the University of Chicago Law School, where he became editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review.

Eugene Scalia was in private practice in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, California.

Eugene Scalia served as the Solicitor of Labor, having been appointed by President Bush in April 2001 and assuming the position in January 2002 following a recess appointment.

In 2019, The New York Times wrote that Eugene Scalia "is perhaps best known for his opposition to a regulation that would have mandated greater protections for workers at risk of repetitive stress injuries".

On July 18,2019, President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Eugene Scalia to be the next Secretary of Labor.

Eugene Scalia is the only person to have served as both Solicitor and Secretary of Labor.

In 2019, Herold filed a complaint in which she alleged that Eugene Scalia had abused his authority by intervening to settle a 2017 Labor Department lawsuit in which Oracle was being investigated for allegedly underpaying women and people of color.

Eugene Scalia encouraged a settlement figure between $17 million and $38 million, which Herold considered too low.

The Department of Labor dismissed Herold's complaint against Eugene Scalia, saying that Herold's "retaliation allegations rest on erroneous speculation regarding matters she is not in a position to know" and that Eugene Scalia had not participated in settlement discussions with Oracle.