Ex-Assistant AG Dhillon returns to law firm she founded to fight unlawful DEI policies

Former Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who resigned her position at the Justice Department Thursday, returned to Dhillon Law Group, a law firm she founded in San Francisco in 2006. 

Dhillon said in a statement she will spearhead two major national litigation initiatives aimed at unlawful discrimination in corporate hiring and contracting, as well as that by financial institutions who discriminate against businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals as a result of their political or religious beliefs. 

Her initiatives, according to the statement, will also evaluate shareholder and fiduciary duty litigation against publicly traded companies whose discriminatory or ideologically driven policies may violate the law, mislead investors or expose shareholders to financial losses.

“We will take the fight against illegal DEI into corporate boardrooms and courtrooms, stand up for American workers and businesses facing ideological discrimination. The First Amendment has been my passion for decades, and we are going to defend it aggressively," Dhillon said. 

Dhillon had informed the Trump administration three weeks ago of her intention to resign, according to the statement.