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86 Wash. L. Rev. 702 (2011)
Following in Paul Miller's (Very Large) Footsteps

handle is hein.journals/washlr86 and id is 712 raw text is: WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW Following in Paul Miller's (Very Large) Footsteps Chai R. Feldblum* Paul Miller was incredibly proud of the work he did as a Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). I thought I understood why that was so during the years that I knew him-both while he was a Commissioner and then later as a fellow academic. But I understand Paul's pride a great deal more now. My understanding is bittersweet. It makes me miss Paul terribly. I want to congratulate him on the groundbreaking work he performed at this agency during his tenure-but then I want to pick his fertile, creative brain on how to further the work that he started. Much of Paul Miller's work while he was an EEOC Commissioner was very public. He was a leader on disability rights and on ensuring that the EEOC was effectively and forcefully implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. He was on the road constantly, educating people about disability rights. We would often be fellow panelists and I would enjoy his sly wit and self-deprecating humor, always deployed to get his message across with the greatest impact. Paul was particularly important as a leader in the newly emerging field of genetic discrimination. His early writings in the field, as well as the leadership he took within the Commission on the issue, laid the groundwork for what would ultimately become the Genetic Non- Discrimination Act of 2008. I also knew Paul's love for the intricacies of law and politics. It was a passion we shared and took delight in. After Paul left the Commission and joined the legal academy, we would look for each other each year at the annual meeting of law professors. We would find a place to stand within the milling crowd and regale each other with stories of politics and law-loving the absurdities that drove other people mad. When Paul signed up to work in the presidential appointments office under President Obama, I became a direct beneficiary of the care and attention that Paul lavished on every political appointment he was involved with. Paul was an amazing asset to the public interest in that job. There were literally hundreds of people whom Paul helped or * Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (on leave). [Vol. 86:695

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