Jenny Yang

Jenny R. Yang is a partner in Outten & Golden’s Washington D.C. office, where she represents employees in individual, class and collective actions and advises state and local governments in enforcement actions. She served in the White House as deputy assistant to President Biden for racial justice and equity and as the director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in the U.S. Department of Labor. During the Obama Administration, she served as chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where she began her decade-long effort to ensure AI and tech-based screening and hiring systems protect civil rights.