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Madeeha Dean

Dean_Madeeha

Madeeha Dean

Senior Associate

Palo Alto + 1 650 600 5105

Madeeha Dean represents clients in complex litigation matters, including securities fraud, consumer class actions and intellectual property. She also maintains an active pro bono practice focusing on immigration and veterans’ benefits claims. 

Ms. Dean previously worked as a Litigation Associate and Summer Associate at the firm. Prior to rejoining the firm, she clerked for Judge Gabriel P. Sanchez on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Dena M. Coggins on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.  

During her time at Berkeley Law, Ms. Dean was a graduate student researcher for Professor Sonia Katyal and concentrated on trade secrecy issues in employment, environmental and criminal law. She was also a member of the Board of Advocates Appellate Advocacy Team and volunteered with several organizations, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Native American Legal Assistance Project, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice.  

Prior to law school, Ms. Dean worked as a research assistant in the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior’s Arnold Lab and was a legislative affairs intern in the Office of California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.  

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2021

      Certificate of Specialization in Environmental Law

      Pro Bono Honors  

      Associate Editor, California Law Review, Senior Articles Editor, Berkeley Journal of International Law

    • BS, Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, minor in Communication, University of California, Davis, 2018

      Outstanding Performance Award, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

  • Admissions

    • California

    • US District Court for the Northern District of California

    • US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Gabriel P. Sanchez, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2023 - 2024

    • The Hon. Dena M. Coggins, US District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2024 - 2025

Credentials

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