Below is the National Law Review’s description of the Go-To Thought Leader award for Eric Bachman
The National Law Review named Eric Bachman, chair of Zuckerman Law’s discrimination and retaliation practice group as a Go-To Thought Leader for his employment and sexual discrimination articles. Mr. Bachman’s background holding leadership roles at both the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division provides a unique and practical perspective to NLR readers on employment matters. Mr. Bachman’s contributions unpack decisions dealing with racial, sexual and gender discrimination, and also explain the implications of pending legislation such as the Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act. Mr. Bachman’s writing also explores a wide array of workplace discrimination situations including the prejudicial treatment of LGBTQ employees, sex-plus discrimination claims, the differences between workplace bullying and a hostile work environment, and age discrimination.
As editor of the Glass Ceiling Discrimination blog, Bachman writes frequently on topics related to promotion discrimination, harassment, and other employment discrimination issues. Indeed, a federal court quoted Bachman’s Glass Ceiling Discrimination blog article related to Title VII discrimination issues in a recent opinion. Before joining Zuckerman Law, Bachman served as Deputy Special Counsel, Litigation and Legal Affairs, at OSC from 2014 to February 2017.
Prior to that, he worked for five years as a Special Litigation Counsel and Senior Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Previously, Bachman was a partner in a Washington, DC civil rights law firm.
Bachman holds extensive litigation experience, including trials in federal and state courts, and has also set important precedent on employment discrimination issues at the appellate level. Bachman litigates employment cases, including “glass ceiling” discrimination cases where an employee is denied a promotion because of their gender, race, national origin, religion or other protected characteristic. In cases against private companies and government agencies, he has litigated in federal courts across the country. Bachman began his career as a public defender and served as lead or co-counsel in numerous jury trials.