Monique G. Matar

Partner

IRVINE, CA US

Admissions

California

Admitted to practice before: 

  • US District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California

Credentials

  • J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law
  • B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Global and International Studies and German

Monique Matar focuses her practice on privacy and data security related litigation, including notifying consumers who have been impacted, helping clients navigate privacy laws and defending class actions that are filed. She has defended clients through all stages of privacy litigation arising via statutes such as California’s Unfair Competition Law, Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). She also has experience conducting independent investigations for clients regarding employee complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and workplace safety.

Representative Experience

Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients. 

  • Successfully demurred to novel privacy theory based on the collection of certain information, including IP addresses, by website operator using what the plaintiff claimed was an illegal “pen register” or “trap and trace device.”
  • Obtained full dismissal of action brought against New Jersey-based defendant under California’s Pen Register statute. The plaintiff alleged that because the defendant was running on its website certain ad-tech or, as the plaintiff referred to them, “trackers” and because the plaintiff visited the website while she was in California, the defendant had violated the Pen Register statute and was subject to personal jurisdiction in California.
  • Counseled internal company investigators at a large national shipping company throughout all stages of complaint/investigation process.
  • Conducted internal investigations for clients, including tech companies, as an independent investigator regarding complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and workplace safety.
Professional & Civic Engagement
  • Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California, Member
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County, Mentor