Anne Shaver
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Recognized since 2021
San Francisco, California
Employment Law - Individuals
Upholding the Rights of Employees
Anne B. Shaver is a partner with a focus on employment and antitrust class actions. She is currently co-lead counsel in an Equal Pay Act case against Google, representing a certified class of female employees in California. She also represents a certified class of female employees challenging systemic gender discrimination Goldman Sachs. In the antitrust area, she represents classes of workers challenging unlawful “no-poach” agreements between employers. Currently, she represents financial technology employees in North Carolina, as well as employees at franchise restaurants like McDonald’s whose wages were suppressed by no-poach agreements.
Anne Shaver is the immediate past co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and a 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 2019, Anne and the team representing a class of over 5,000 medical school faculty at Duke and UNC 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, Lawdragon’s “Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in America” 2018-2021, the “40 & Under Hot List” by Benchmark Litigation for 2018-2020, and the Daily Journal’s “Top Labor & Employment Lawyers” 2018-2020.
Anne graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2007. 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.
Contact & Links
Location
- 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Education
- University of California Berkeley, J.D., graduated 2007
- University of California - Santa Cruz, B.A., graduated 2003
Bar Admissions
- California, 2008
- Colorado, 2008
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2012
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2009
28 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
6 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

Recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America 2023 for work in:
- Employment Law - Individuals
Awards:
- Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of “Employment Law-Individuals,” 2021-2023
- “Rising Star for Northern California,” Super Lawyers, 2013- 2022
- “Top Labor & Employment Lawyers,” Daily Journal, 2018-2020, 2022
- “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2018-2022
- “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
- “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2018-2020
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Antitrust Law
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Publications
Your browser is not fully compatible with our automatic printer friendly formatting.
Please use the print button to print this profile page.