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Lesley E. Weaver
Member
Location
1111 Broadway
Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94607
Lesley E. Weaver
Member
Nationally recognized litigator Lesley Weaver joined SJ&G in early 2026 following a distinguished nine-year tenure as a partner at a prominent national class action firm, where she led a robust and successful consumer, privacy and antitrust practice. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law, Ms. Weaver has earned a reputation as a preeminent architect of high-stakes litigation.
Throughout her career, Ms. Weaver has focused primarily on cases that protect the public interest, consumers and public entities. As part of her mission to protect the public’s trust, she also serves as counsel to numerous governmental entities in both formal and informal roles.
Her recent achievements include serving as co-lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation against Facebook, which resulted in a $725 million settlement in 2025 — the largest recovery ever achieved in a privacy class action case. Ms. Weaver also served on the PSC of the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” litigation, which recovered more than $10 billion for the environment and $7 billion for consumers.
Ms. Weaver is currently co-lead counsel in In re: Wells Fargo & Company Hiring Practices Derivative Litigation, which resulted in a $110 million preliminary settlement in January 2026 against the company’s board for failing to remedy discrimination in lending and hiring. The settlement will provide qualified borrowers with funds for deposits and closing costs.
She also served as co-lead counsel in the 2024 Ninth Circuit victory in Calhoun v. Google, a pivotal case regarding consumer privacy rights, and as liaison counsel for the In re: Twitter Secs. Litigation case, which was resolved for $805 million in 2022.
Ms. Weaver currently serves as co-lead counsel in AI copyright litigation against Google, alleging infringement of the works of authors and creators. She has served as counsel to the Ohio Attorney General’s office in litigation against the Boeing board arising out of the 2024 “door plug” incident, renewing significant safety concerns about the company’s practices. Ms. Weaver is also ranked Band 1 by Chambers in antitrust, and is currently litigating In re: Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation, which seeks redress against providers of local television advertising who shared pricing information with each other to artificially increase prices for small businesses.
Practice Areas
- AI Copyright Litigation
- Antitrust
- Civil Litigation
- Class Action
- Complex Litigation
- Consumer Protection
- Corporate Governance
- Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Product Liability
- U.S. Securities Litigation
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1997)
- Harvard University, A.B., Social Studies (A.B., magna cum laude, 1992)
Bar Admissions
- California
- Delaware
- U.S. District Court — Central District of California
- U.S. District Court — Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court — Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court — Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Experience
Representative Cases
- In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation: Served on the plaintiffs’ steering committee for the historic case that resulted in over $17 billion for consumers and environmental remediation.
- In re: Cardinal Health Inc. Securities Litigation case, which resulted in a $600 million settlement.
- In re: Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Securities Litigation: Achieved a $400 million settlement.
- In re: Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Litigation: Served on the executive committee, resulting in a $207.5 million settlement.
- In re: Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation: Currently serving on the executive committee in a case resulting in landmark injunctive relief allowing consumers to opt out of Google selling or sharing their personal information in real-time bidding auctions.
Professional Honors and Activities
Awards
- Benchmark Litigation – Litigation Star
- Business Today – Top 10 Influential Plaintiff-Side Antitrust Lawyers in California
- Chambers USA – Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (Tier 1)
- Daily Journal CLAY Award –California Lawyer of the Year (2018)
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Litigators in America
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
- Lawdragon – 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
- National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers
- The National Law Journal – Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar (2023)
- Thomson Reuters – Super Lawyer (Every year since 2016)
Memberships
- Advisory Council of the East Bay Community Law Center
- Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Securities Cybersecurity and Privacy Committee
- Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Securities Executive Committee
Community Involvement
- Past Advisory Board Member for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (now OUTRIGHT International)
- Past Advisory Board Member for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
- Past Co-Chair of the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
- Past Co-Chair of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center
- Past National Chair of the National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Past Vice President and Director of the Board of the Frameline Film Festival
- Volunteer, Rotary
Presentations, Seminars and Published Works
- Repeat presenter at Bolch Institute’s MDL Certificate training program at Duke Law
- Seminar panelist
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- California ABOTA
- California Lawyers Association
- Class of our Own
- Golden State Institute
- Practicing Law Institute
- Women En Masse
Languages
- Danish
- French
- German
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James G. Stranch III
R. Jan Jennings
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