Kalpana Kotagal
Kalpana Kotagal is an American employment attorney who is the nominee to serve as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Education. Kotagal earned a dual Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Career. Kotagal served as a law clerk for Judge Betty Binns Fletcher. She later joined Cohen Milstein, where she has since worked as a partner. Kotagal was also a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School. She specializes in employment law, Title VII, the Equal Pay Act of  1963, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Kotagal is also known for co-creating the concept of the inclusion rider, a legal stipulation that has become popular to include in entertainment industry contracts. Personal life. Kotagal lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Wyatt King, and two sons.