EEOC Added Lawyer Who Advocated for Men Alleging Discrimination

The EEOC hired an attorney who previously represented men alleging discrimination in campus sexual assault cases, and even sued his own university under Title IX, as the agency seeks to bring more bias cases on behalf of males.

Benjamin North, formerly an attorney at boutique firm Binnall Law, is working at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an agency spokesperson confirmed in a statement Wednesday.

The Intercept first revealedNorth is now the assistant general counsel at the civil rights agency and reports directly to EEOC Acting General Counsel Catherine Eschbach.

North’s appointment gives him a likely role in significant agency decisions on civil rights litigation. His background aligns with EEOC Republican Chair Andrea Lucas’s broader priorities, which include encouraging White men to bring bias charges, and targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs over alleged majority-group discrimination.

North “brings significant experience” litigating under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, “including representing female and male victims of sexual harassment, assault, and discrimination. His expertise and judgment will be a strong asset to the agency’s litigation program,” the commission spokesperson said in a statement to Bloomberg Law.

It’s not clear exactly when North joined the EEOC. North didn’t return requests for comment.

In a 2021 commentary for The Federalist, North accused a Biden administration nominee of “stripping” away the due process rights of male students accused of sexual assault.

An archived copy of North’s attorney bio from Binnall Law Group’s website described him as a “dedicated litigator with a passion for justice,” noting he practiced constitutional law and civil rights law with a focus on Title IX.

Title IX prohibits sex-based bias at federally funded educational institutions.

At Binnall Law, North represented male students who were allegedly wrongly accused of sexual misconduct.

His other clients included former Federal Trade Commission member Joshua Wright, who ultimately dropped his defamation lawsuit in 2024 against two women who alleged online and in media reports that he abused his power as their university professor to engage in sexual relationships with them.

In law school, North “developed a first-of-its-kind database of all successful accused-student Title IX cases, broken down by causes of action and fact pattern,” his Binnall Law bio said.

North also served as counsel in Title VII cases, including a Christian library worker’s challenge to the San Francisco Public Library for denying her religious accommodation request to work remotely rather than taking a Covid-19 vaccine.

In another Title VII suit, he represented a White Transportation Security Administration employee who accusedthe US Department of Homeland Security of denying her promotions in favor of non-White employees and for other employment actions based on race. The suit was dismissed in March 2025 for failure to state a plausible claim.

Back in 2017, North sued his own former college, Catholic University of America, and four administrators for violating his Title IX due process rights, claiming they failed to conduct an adequate and impartial probe and disciplinary proceedings following a sexual assault accusation against him.

North maintained his innocence, saying the encounter in question was consensual. However, the university hearing panel concluded that he was responsible for sexual assault because of the complainant’s intoxication, according to court records. He was suspended for two and a half years.

The university sought dismissal, arguing that North failed to state a claim for emotional distress.

A Washington, DC federal judge dismissed some of his claims in April 2018. The parties filed a stipulation of dismissal in Nov. 2019.