Union-busting lawyer seeking new opportunities to ruthlessly advance corporate interests. Specialties include eroding labor rights, unraveling consumer protections, endangering Americans’ retirement security and blaming a worker for her own death.
Experience
- Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Eliminated the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, freeing investors to pocket money at the expense of working people’s retirement accounts.
- Sued the government repeatedly on behalf of big banks to unravel Dodd–Frank consumer protection rules.
- Defended UPS against widespread discrimination claims, killing a major class action lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Advocated for Walmart and other large corporations to not have to contribute to their own employees’ health care plans.
- Represented casino mogul Steve Wynn when he was accused of stealing tips from his Las Vegas employees.
- Championed Boeing’s decision to move jobs to a “right to work” state over union members’ objections.
- Argued that SeaWorld had no responsibility for the violent death of one of its orca trainers, blaming the deceased victim instead.
- Solicitor, Department of Labor
- Hired by President George W. Bush through a recess appointment after being deemed too extreme for the job by the U.S. Senate.
- Special Assistant, Attorney General William Barr
- Yes, that Bill Barr.
- Speechwriter, Secretary of Education William Bennett
- Started by putting words to paper for President Ronald Reagan’s viciously anti-union education secretary.
Hobbies
- Shamed and berated a sexual harassment survivor to tears.
- Attacked attempts to improve physical working conditions; dismissed ergonomics as “junk science”; and warned that companies might be forced to “give more rest periods, slow the pace of work and then hire more workers.”
Testimonials
- “Eugene Scalia has spent his entire career making life more difficult and dangerous for working people.” —AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
- “President Trump has again chosen someone who has proven to put corporate interests over those of worker rights.” —Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.)