Eugene Scalia

Eugene Scalia (born August 14, 1963) is an American attorney who served as the 28th United States secretary of labor during the final 16 months of the Donald Trump administration. Scalia previously served one year as U.S. Solicitor of Labor during the George W. Bush administration. He is a son of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia was described by The New York Times as "a skilled lawyer with a broadly conservative, pro-business and anti-regulatory agenda". As Secretary of Labor, he reversed Obama-era labor and employment regulations. He returned to become a partner at Gibson Dunn at the end of his tenure. Early life and education Scalia was born on August 14, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio, the second of nine children of future Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Maureen (née McCarthy) Scalia. He attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, where he was known colloquially as "Gene" and graduated in 1981. Scalia became an editor of the school newspaper, U-High Midway, and had his own column called "Blind Side". He also participated in soccer and debate; during his time as a student, Scalia was elected to be the vice-president of the school's disciplinary board, beating Arne Duncan, who would later be appointed to be U.S. Secretary of Education. Scalia matriculated at the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in economics and a minor in political science. He worked for the U.S. government for two years, then attended the University of Chicago Law School, where he became editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review. He graduated in 1990 with a Juris Doctor, cum laude.