About
Despite Diana's childhood declaration not to attend law school (having watched her mother buried in law books day and night), she became determined that law was the most powerful channel through which to pursue her passion for social justice and client advocacy.
Diana became a public defender upon graduating from law school and spent the first five years of her career beginning and ending each day in the courtroom. In the area of criminal law, Diana won more than two-thirds of her misdemeanor jury trials and over half her felony jury trials. The average defense lawyer can expect to win only about 10% of felony trials and 30% of misdemeanor trials. As a public defender Diana conducted felony and misdemeanor trials in matters ranging from drug sales, domestic violence, and sexual molestation to battery and assault, prostitution, resisting arrest, and driving under the influence cases.
In 2003 Diana began practicing employment law in the hopes that it would provide a venue in which she could pursue her goal of implementing real and practical change in the workplace, as well as servicing individual clients with unique needs. That same year, Diana joined Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, which later became Bushnell, Caplan, Fielding & Maier, LLP. Diana left to launch the Law Offices of Diana Maier in 2008 to further her goal of providing cost-effective, preventative employment practices. She still partners with Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding as co-counsel when a case requires extra resources.
Diana's past experience includes externing for the Hon D. Lowell Jensen, where Diana wrote court orders in response to habeas corpus petitions and civil and criminal motions. Diana also had the unique opportunity of approaching law as a legislative aide for both the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA).
Diana Maier was admitted to the California Bar in December 1998, and the Bar of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, in December 2003.
EDUCATION
Diana attended Stanford University Law School where she received her Juris Doctorate in 1998. She received her undergraduate degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S. Magna Cum Laude, 1992.) She attended the University of Seville, Spain for a semester in 1990-1991, where she studied with native Spaniards and achieved fluency.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
California Bar Association, Labor and Employment section, San Francisco Bar Association, Labor and Employment section, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Queen's Bench, Equal Rights Advocates.
PERSONAL
Diana's hobbies include grassroots organizing and fund-raising for non-profits, traveling, and all types of physical activity including surfing, rock-climbing, and triathlons. She completed the Lake Placid Ironman in 2005. Diana is a certified yoga and fitness teacher and credits her yoga practice for her equanimity on the job.