Dylan Orr

Dylan Orr (born 1979) is the Director of the Office of Labor Standards for the City of Seattle, USA. Appointed by Mayor Murray in May 2015, Orr is responsible for enforcing Seattle's historic minimum wage law, as well as its paid sick and safe time law, wage theft law, and fair chance employment law.^[1] Previously, Orr was Chief of Staff to Assistant Secretary Kathy Martinez in the Office of Disability Employment Policy.^[2] As part of the United States Department of Labor, he contributed to the development of national disability employment-related regulations and policies, including regulations issued under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. As the Department of Labor representative, he also worked with the White House Office of National AIDS Policy on the implementation of the President's National HIV/AIDS Strategy, in addition to making significant contributions to several federal LGBT policies and regulations. He was recruited to the administration by the University of Washington School of Law professor and former EEOC Commissioner Paul Steven Miller. Previously, he was Special Assistant/Advisor to Assistant Secretary Martinez. Upon his appointment to his role as Special Assistant in 2009, he became the first openly transgender person appointed to any U.S. presidential administration.^[3]

Dylan Orr
Born	1979 (age 43–44) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	Smith College University of Washington School of Law
Organization	Office of Labor Standards

Education

Orr received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Smith College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law.^[4] He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.

Early life and career

Orr was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He worked at the Conservation Law Foundation and the Department of Children and Families in Massachusetts (formerly the Department of Social Services). After moving back to Seattle, Orr held positions at Marten Law Group, Disability Rights Washington,^[5] MacDonald Hoague and Bayless, and Columbia Legal Services.^[6] In late 2009, he accepted an appointment to the Obama administration.

Recognition

• LGBT appointments in the Obama-Biden administration^[7]
• 2012 Featured in Out Out100: The White House^[8]
• 2013 Gay Politics Guest Blog: Transgender Day of Remembrance; a Note on HumaniTy^[9]
• 2013 Community Advocate Award by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition^[10]
• 2013 Julie Johnson Founder's Award by the National Center for Transgender Equality^[11]
• 2014 Best Lawyers Under 40 by the LGBT Bar Association^[12]
• 2015-2016 German Marshall Fund of the United States Marshall Memorial Fellow^[13]

References

1. "Seattle Mayor Appoints Dylan Orr as Director of New Office of Labor Standards". Huffington Post. 29 May 2015.
2. "ODEP Key Personnel". U.S. Department of Labor.
3. "Obama Appoints First Openly Transgender People to Posts". Keen News Service. January 5, 2010.
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4. "Recent Graduate Lands Job in Obama Administration". University of Washington News. January 14, 2010.
5. . University of Washington. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009.
6. . Poverty & Race Research Action Council. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
7. "LGBT Appointments in the Obama-Biden Administration". Victory Institute.
8. "Out Magazine Out 100 Exclusive: The White House". Out. November 2012.
9. . Gay Politics. Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
10. "Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Events". Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
    - "Lawyers for Transgender Rights Event Features Sciortino". Bay Windows. April 4, 2013.
11. . Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
12. . Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
13. "2015 Marshall Memorial Fellows Announced".