Darío Maestro - Special Counsel

Darío Maestro is the former legal director of STOP and a Spanish-American lawyer with global litigation and regulatory experience in data protection, artificial intelligence, and software and internet law. He works with a variety of teams across STOP on lawsuits, amicus briefs, and policy work protecting civil liberties and individual rights in the digital world. Previously, Darío practiced law in Washington, DC with the international litigation and arbitration groups of the firms Covington & Burling and Foley Hoag. Darío received his LL.M. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 2019, and LL.B. and B.A. (Political Science) degrees from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. He is admitted to the Bars of New York and Spain.

Since joining STOP in 2024, Darío has litigated and filed amicus briefs in many important online privacy and government surveillance cases. Examples include: Wridt v. New York, Chatrie v. United States, and CCIA v. Paxton.