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{{short description|American lawyer}}
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| office = Chair of the [[National Labor Relations Board]]
| president = [[Joe Biden]]
| term_start = January 20, 2021
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| office1 = Member of the [[National Labor Relations Board]]
| president1 = [[Donald Trump]]<br>
| term_start1 = July 29, 2020
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| term_start2 = December 16, 2014
| term_end2 = December 16, 2019
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education = [[Rice University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Yale
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'''Lauren McFerran''' is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and chairman of the [[National Labor Relations Board]]. She is one of three [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] currently serving on the board. Prior to serving on the board, she worked as a law clerk, in private practice, and as a labor lawyer for the [[Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions]] (HELP Committee).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=NLRB Office of Public Affairs|date=January 20, 2021|title=President Appoints Lauren McFerran NLRB Chairman|url=https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/president-appoints-lauren-mcferran-nlrb-chairman
▲'''Lauren McFerran''' is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and chairman of the [[National Labor Relations Board]]. She is one of three [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] currently serving on the board. Prior to serving on the board, she worked as a law clerk, in private practice, and as a labor lawyer for the [[Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions]] (HELP Committee).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=NLRB Office of Public Affairs|date=January 20, 2021|title=President Appoints Lauren McFerran NLRB Chairman|url=https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/president-appoints-lauren-mcferran-nlrb-chairman|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-02|website=National Labor Relations Board}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Office of the Press Secretary|date=2014-11-12|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/12/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-02|website=WhiteHouse.gov|language=en}}</ref>
== Biography ==
McFerran received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Rice University]] and her [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Yale Law School]].<ref name=":0" /> From 2001 to 2002, McFerran served as a law clerk for Chief Judge [[Carolyn Dineen King]] on the [[Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> From 2002 to 2005, she was an associate attorney at the law firm Bredhoff & Kaiser.<ref name=":1" /> She then served in multiple roles as a staff member for the [[Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions|HELP Committee]] in the U.S. Senate, including as senior labor counsel for committee member Senators [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[Tom Harkin]] from 2005 to 2010, as chief labor counsel for the committee from 2010 to 2014, and as deputy staff director from 2012 to 2014.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
In November 2014, President [[Barack Obama]] nominated McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board to fill a seat previously held by Nancy F. Schiffer.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Trottman|first=Melanie|date=2014-11-13|title=Obama Nominates Lauren McFerran to National Labor Relations Board|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/obama-nominates-lauren-mcferran-to-national-labor-relations-board-1415840273|access-date=2021-02-02|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Obama had initially sought to appoint [[Sharon Block (government official)|Sharon Block]], who had served on the board under a [[recess appointment]], but withdrew her nomination due to Republican opposition.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dovere|first=Edward-Isaac|date=2014-11-12|title=White House pulls controversial NLRB pick|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/nlrb-sharon-block-lauren-mcferran-112833
McFerran's initial term expired on December 16, 2019, after which no Democrats were left on the board.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wiessner|first=Daniel|date=2019-12-16|title=Term expires for Lauren McFerran, NLRB's lone Democrat|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/labor-mcferran-idUSL1N28Q1RG|access-date=2021-02-02}}</ref> After her term expired, the remaining Republican members on the board released a flurry of decisions favorable to management.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Telford|first1=John L.|last2=Reed|first2=Rachael P.|date=Dec 26, 2019|title=NLRB Issues a Flurry of Decisions, Revealing Several Anticipated Gifts for Employers Just in Time for the Holidays|url=https://www.seyfarth.com/news-insights/nlrb-issues-a-flurry-of-decisions-revealing-several-anticipated-gifts-for-employers-just-in-time-for-the-holidays-1.html
On January 20, 2021, incoming president [[Joe Biden]] announced McFerran would be the new chairman of the board, replacing [[John F. Ring]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kullgren|first1=Ian|last2=Eidelson|first2=Josh|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden Fires NLRB General Counsel After He Refuses to Resign|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/biden-moves-to-oust-top-labor-board-attorney-robb
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