David Lopez, General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), visited the offices of Legal Aid on Wednesday March 21, 2012. Lopez, the first field staff attorney to be appointed as the EEOC’s General Counsel, spent an hour and a half with Legal Aid staff, government representatives and community advocates outlining his mandate and program for the Commission and answering questions about how the Commission can be supportive to those working against discrimination in the workplace. Joining Lopez for his presentation was Regional Attorney William Tamayo from the San Francisco EEOC office.