President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he will nominate a Bay Area attorney for a position at the U.S. Department of Justice as assistant attorney general for civil rights.
“I am deeply honored by President Trump’s appointment to help advance our country’s civil rights agenda. It has been my dream to serve our great country, and I am so excited to join an incredible team of lawyers led by @ PamBondi I can’t wait to get to work,” said Harmeet Dhillon in a message on X.
Dhillon is based in San Francisco and practices commercial litigation, employment law, First Amendment rights and election law matters, according to her professional biography.
She founded her own legal group in 2006, is a member of the Republican National Committee and previously served as vice chair of the Republican Party of California.
In 2017, Dhillon represented the Berkeley College Republicans in a lawsuit after the university initially canceled an event where Ann Coulter was scheduled to speak. She has also filed a federal lawsuit against California and the Department of Motor Vehicles in 2019, accusing the agency of failing to verify citizenship for voter registration.
