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Anagha Dandekar Clifford

Attorney
Phone: 510.834.6600
Fax: 510.808.4721
E-mail: ADClifford@wendel.com v-card

Experience

Anagha counsels private businesses and public agencies on complex land use issues, involving applicable planning, zoning and environmental laws.  She prepares land use applications and obtains project approvals, working frequently with state and local regulatory and permitting agencies. 

Anagha’s public agency practice includes counsel and advocacy on permitting/public bidding and contract disputes, governance, election, transportation and regulatory matters. She advises Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts as legal counsel and she also represents the Alameda County Transportation Commission on issues related to governance and policy.

Anagha advises technology businesses and non-profit organizations on general legal issues. She is involved in several organizations that focus on economic development and emerging technology.

Before joining Wendel Rosen in 2008, Anagha clerked for the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall, United States District Judge for the Central District of California; and worked at a prominent international law firm.  During law school, Anagha was a clerk for the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee, the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office, and the International Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.  She also successfully appealed a prisoner’s civil rights case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

  • University of California, Davis, School of Law, King Hall; J.D. (2004)
  • University of California, Berkeley; B.A. (1998)

Close Admissions

  • State Bar of California
  • United States District Courts, Northern and Central Districts of California
  • United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

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Close Affiliations

  • Alameda County Bar Association
    • Member, 2007 to present
  • South Asian Bar Association
    • Member, 2004 to present
  • Asian American Bar Association
    • Member, 2004  to present
  • East Bay Economic Development Alliance
    • Land Use Committee
  • Downtown Oakland Community Benefit District
    • Member, Board of Directors, 2010 to present
    • Land Use Chair
  • 2.Oakland
    • Steering Committee, 2011 to present
  • Marcus Foster Education Fund
    • Member, Board of Directors, 2011 to present
    • Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
  • Leadership Oakland
    • Class of 2011

Close Languages

  • Marathi
  • Spanish
  • Hindi