John D. Maher

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Biography

John D. Maher is an associate in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office with a practice focused on digital privacy and consumer protection.

John’s work encompasses digital privacy litigation in the United States and European Union against Google, Meta, Oracle, and others, including In re: Google Location History Litigation on behalf of users whose locations were unlawfully tracked by Google, a suit against Oracle based on the company’s intrusive consumer profiles which yielded a $115 million settlement, and ongoing litigation against Meta based on its “Pixel” surveilling visitors to the California Department of Motor Vehicles website.

Prior to joining Lieff Cabraser, John clerked for Judge Lucy H. Koh at the Northern District of California, and Chief Judge Diane P. Wood at the Seventh Circuit. He is a San Francisco native and Berkeley Law graduate, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Editor-in-Chief of Ecology Law Quarterly. John lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughters.

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Areas of Practice (2)

  • Litigation
  • Environmental Law

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Oxford University – Oxfordshire, UK, B.A., History & Politics, First Class Honors (summa cum laude), 2009; Yale University – New Haven, CT, M.A., History; (focus on Post-World War II American political history), 2013
Law School Attended:
University of California, Berkeley School of Law – Berkeley, CA, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2016
Year of First Admission:
2017
Admission:
2017, California; 2019, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2019, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2019, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 2024, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 2021, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Memberships:

Professional Associations

•American Association for Justice
•American Bar Association
•Bar Association of San Francisco
•California Lawyers Association
•State Bar of California

ISLN:
1000425076

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