Atty. Anne B. Shaver
Anne B. Shaver is a partner with a focus on employment, antitrust, and copyright class actions.
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Anne B. Shaver is a Partner based in San Francisco, California, practicing at Lieff Cabraser Heimann And Bernstein Llp. They have 18+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2008. Their practice focuses on employment and ip. Admitted to practice in California (2008), Colorado (2008), U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (2009), and U.S. Supreme Court (2013). Educated at University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 2007) and University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., 2003). Serands clients in San Francisco, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Anne B. Shaver is a partner with a focus on employment, antitrust, and copyright class actions
- She currently represents classes of authors alleging copyright violations by AI companies, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, Databricks, and Cerebras, as well as classes of female faculty alleging systemic pay discrimination in the university setting
- She represented a class of retirees in an ERISA class action against Save Mart Supermarkets challenging the elimination of retiree medical benefits
- She has represented certified classes of female employees challenging systemic gender discrimination at Google & Goldman Sachs
- In the antitrust area, she has represented classes of workers challenging unlawful “no-poach” agreements between employers
- She also chairs the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Working Group
- Anne Shaver is a past Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and a former Co-Chair of the ABA’s Labor and Employment Law Section’s National Conference
- She is a frequent speaker on employment law and employee competition topics at conferences around the country
- In 2024, Anne and the team representing McDonald’s employees received the award for “Outstanding Private Practice Antitrust Achievement” from the American Antitrust Institute
- She was selected for The Best Lawyers in America in the Employment Law category in 2021-2023, Lawdragon 500’s “Leading Litigators in America,” 2025-2026, as well as Lawdragon 500’s “Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers,” 2025-2026, the Daily Journal’s “Top Labor & Employment Lawyers” 2018-2020, 2022-2023, 2025, Super Lawyer’s “Super Lawyer for Northern California,” 2023-2025, Law360’s “MVP in Employment Law” in 2023, the “40 & Under Hot List” by Benchmark Litigation for 2018-2020, and the National Law Journal’s Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar in 2022
- Anne graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Order of the Coif
- Prior to joining our firm, Anne served as a law clerk to the Honorable Betty B. Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit U.S Court of Appeals
- Classes & Seminars •Moderator, “AI in the Legal Practice: Demonstrations, Risks and Ethics,” ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law National Conference on EEO Law, March 2026 •Panelist, “Adverse Action Changes Under Title VII,” ABA ERR Committee Midwinter Meeting & Nat’l Symposium on Technology in Labor & Employment Law, March 2025 •Panelist, “Recent Legal Developments in Pay Equity and Transparency,” ABA Labor and Employment Law Podcast, November 2024 •Panelist, “AI, Ethics, Complex Litigation: Present and Near Future,” Complex Litigation Ethics Conference, September 2024 •Panelist, “Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace,” ABA International Labor and Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting, May 2024 •Panelist, “Settlement Agreements: Critical Terms and Enforceability Issues,” National Labor & Employment Law Conference, February 2024 •Speaker, “Opportunities in Plaintiff-Side Tribal Law: A Conversation with Lieff Cabraser,” Berkeley Law, February 2024 •Panelist, “Antitrust and Labor Markets: Navigating Recent Developments,” ABA Antitrust Law Section’s Compliance and Ethics and Corporate Counseling Committees, December 2023 •Panelist, “Section 7 vs
- Title VII,” 17th Annual ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, November 2023 •Panelist, “Protections and Restrictions for Standing Up and Speaking Out in the Workplace,” ABA 2023 National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, March 2023 •Panelist, “The Future of Restrictive Covenants and Employee Mobility,” 16th Annual ABA Labor and Employment Law Conference, November 2022 •Panelist, “Disparate Impact and Validation,” 15th Annual ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, November 2021 •Employee Vice-Chair, Speaker, American Bar Association 2021 National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law Midwinter Meeting, April 2021 •Speaker, “Will The Glass Ceiling Ever Break?
- Emerging Trends in Pay Equity,” 51st Annual Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference, April 2018 •Panelist, “#TimesUp for ‘Brotopia’: Striving for Gender Equity in Tech,” American Bar Association National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law, April 2018 •Panelist, “Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation,” 35th Annual National CLE Labor and Employment Conference, December 2017 •Speaker, “Challenges to Class Waivers in Arbitration Clauses in Employment Agreements Under Section 7 of NLRB,” SFTLA 11th Annual Class Action Seminar, February 2017 •Panelist, “The Status of Anti-discrimination Law and Litigation in the United States,” UC College of the Law, San Francisco Law Journal Spring Symposium, February 2016 •Speaker, “Latest Developments in Employment and Wage and Hour Law,” Consumer Attorneys of California, February 25, 2014 •Panelist, “Winning Your Class Certification Motion Post-Brinker,” Consumer Attorneys of California, November 2013 •Moderator, “Counseling HR on National Origin & Language Issues in the Workplace,” ABA Labor & Employment Section, November 2012 •Moderator, “Transgender Workplace Issues After the EEOC’s Landmark Macy Ruling,” Bar Association of San Francisco, September 2012 •Moderator, “A Place At the Table?
- Recent Developments in LBGT Rights,” ABA Labor & Employment Section Conference, April 2012 •Speaker, “Rule 23 Basics,” Impact Fund Class Action Training Institute, May 2011 Honors & Awards •Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of “Employment Law-Individuals,” 2021-2023 •“Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” Lawdragon, 2025, 2026 •“Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers,” Lawdragon, 2025, 2026 •“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2024-2026 •“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2018-2025 •“Top Labor & Employment Lawyers,” Daily Journal, 2018-2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 •“Super Lawyer for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2023-2025 •“Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Litigation,” American Antitrust Institute, 2019, 2024 •“Employment MVP of the Year,” Law360, 2023 •“Rising Star for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2013- 2022 •“Rising Star of the Plaintiffs’ Bar,” National Law Journal, 2021 •“40 & Under Hot List,” Benchmark Litigation, 2018-2021 •“Outstanding Private Practice Antitrust Achievement,” American Antitrust Institute, 2019 In the News •March 27, 2026 Twenty-Three Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” List for 2026 •February 5, 2026 Lieff Cabraser Partners To Chair and Speak at ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law National Conference on EEO Law •January 16, 2026 14 Lieff Cabraser Lawyers Named to Lawdragon’s 2nd Annual “Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers” List •September 8, 2025 Twenty-Seven Lieff Cabraser Partners Named to 2026 “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America” List •August 8, 2025 Ten Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized by Lawdragon as “Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers” for 2025 Published Work •Author, “Ninth Circuit Finds That Discrimination Is A Concrete Injury For Purposes Of Article III Standing,” Impact Fund Blog, 2022 •Associate Editor, “Employment Discrimination Law,” Fifth Edition Cumulative Supplement, 2015 •“U.S. v
- Fort and the Future of Work-Product in Criminal Discovery,” 44 Cal
- W. L. Rev. 172, 12293, Fall 2007
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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