10 Meta legal leaders
Litigation, monetization, AI privacy, content and integrity, and licensing each have a named lead among these Meta legal leaders, with Meta's Chief Legal Officer at the top. Three hold litigation titles, and three have held senior U.S. government posts. They are the people to ask before a licensing deal with Meta, a product launch with privacy exposure, or a dispute where Meta sits on the other side.
Professionals to explore
Adam Shajnfeld
LinkedInExperience: Director & Associate General Counsel, AI Privacy · Meta
AI privacy is Adam Shajnfeld's lane: Director & Associate General Counsel, AI Privacy at Meta since 2022, leading a privacy legal team focused on artificial intelligence. Prior Meta roles were Director & Associate General Counsel, Product (2021–2022) and Associate General Counsel, Product (2018–2021), and Adam was Senior Corporate Counsel & Product Counsel at Intuit (2016–2017). The right pick for privacy review of AI features.
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Bisi Akinola
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Legal · Meta
Messaging product legal is where Bisi Akinola sits, as Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Legal at Meta since 2021, with Head of Messaging Product Legal as Bisi's stated role. Bisi leads a team of 20+ attorneys and legal professionals advising executives on three product lines, and was previously Senior Director, Legal at Box (2019–2020) and Director, Legal at LinkedIn (2014–2019).
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C.J. Mahoney
LinkedInExperience: Chief Legal Officer · Meta
Chief Legal Officer at Meta since 2026, C.J. Mahoney held three Microsoft titles: Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Product, Services, and Go-to-Market Legal (2025–2026), Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Cloud AI (2023–2025) and Deputy General Counsel, U.S. International Trade and Azure (2021–2023), after serving as Deputy United States Trade Representative (2018–2020). Suited to questions on how a tech legal function is run from the top.
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Christen Dubois
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Litigation · Meta
Since 2024 Christen Dubois has been Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Litigation at Meta, after serving as Director and Associate General Counsel, Litigation (2020–2024). At Facebook, Christen held Director and Associate General Counsel roles in IP Litigation (2016–2020) and IP (2015–2016), and was Associate General Counsel, IP (2013–2015). The IP litigation run makes Christen a fit for patent and copyright disputes.
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Ethan Davis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Head of Global Litigation Strategy · Meta
A Supreme Court clerkship with Justice Gorsuch (2018–2019) and Justice Department posts precede Ethan Davis's role as Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Head of Global Litigation Strategy at Meta since 2025. In the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Ethan was Acting Assistant Attorney General (2020) and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2019–2020). A fit for cases with regulators or government parties.
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James Turner
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Associate General Counsel - Content, Safety & Integrity · Meta
James Turner has held the Vice President & Associate General Counsel - Content, Safety & Integrity role at Meta since 2024, following Director, Legal at Meta (2015–2024). Before Meta, James was Senior Corporate Counsel, Privacy & Security Legal at Oracle (2014–2015). Content moderation, user safety and platform integrity questions sit squarely in James's title.
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Rachel Carlson Lieber
LinkedInExperience: VP, Legal Strategy · Meta
VP, Legal Strategy at Meta since 2022, Rachel Carlson Lieber spent the four years before that as Head of North America Regulatory and Strategic Response at Facebook (2018–2022). Government and corporate roles include Deputy General Counsel at the CIA (2014–2018), Special Counsel at bp (2012–2014) and Assistant United States Attorney (1997–2012). That mix makes Rachel a fit for regulatory response and how a platform handles government scrutiny.
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Scott Mellon
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Monetization · Meta
Monetization legal work is Scott Mellon's area: Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Monetization at Meta since 2025, after Director and Associate General Counsel roles in Monetization (2023–2025), Privacy (2019–2023) and Product (2018–2019). Scott describes working with product and engineering teams to turn legal obligations into practical, risk-based guidance, which fits questions on getting a monetization product through review.
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Scott Tucker
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Litigation · Meta
Global litigation is Scott Tucker's remit as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Litigation at Meta since 2021, and the same title appears under Facebook for that period. Scott is the one to ask how Meta's litigation group handles disputes across jurisdictions, though no further detail on the role is given.
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Shayne O'Reilly
LinkedInExperience: Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source · Meta
Shayne O'Reilly has been Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source at Meta since 2021, leading a team of 25+ with global responsibility for strategic transactions, technology transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Shayne was Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation at Meta (2018–2021) and an Intellectual Property Attorney at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (2011–2018). The natural contact for licensing and deal terms.
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Choose the right perspective
Disputes and litigation exposure belong with Scott Tucker, Ethan Davis or Christen Dubois. For product questions, match the area: Scott Mellon for monetization, Adam Shajnfeld for AI privacy, James Turner for content and safety, Bisi Akinola for messaging products. Shayne O'Reilly is the call for licensing, open source and deal terms.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What does Meta's legal team look for in a licensing or open source agreement before it will sign with a smaller partner?
- 02How do privacy lawyers at a large platform review an AI feature that uses personal data before it ships?
- 03When a dispute with a big tech platform starts, what early moves change how its litigation team treats the case?
About this directory
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