Wendell H. Goddard
Background
Experience
Lecturer on public policy
2015-present
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Goddard Law Offices
Oakland, 2006-2019
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Litigation Partner
Gordon & Goddard LLP
Oakland, 1996-2006
Litigation Partner
Chandler, Wood, Harrington & Maffly
San Francisco, 1979-1995
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro
San Francisco, 1975-1979
Education
Berkeley Law, J.D. 1972
University of California
Associate Editor, California Law Review
Yale University, B.A. 1968
Major: History, the Arts, and Letters
Honors program in European history
Thesis: The French Catholic left and the response of Témoignage Chrétien to the decolonization of Indochina, 1945-1954
Fulbright Specialist
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Fulbright Specialist Roster
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning
2022-present
Clerkship
Law Clerk to Judge Whitman Knapp
1972-1974
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
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Bar Admissions
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California and New York (both inactive)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California, and Southern District of New York
Rating
AV Preeminent Rating
Peer Rating 5.0 out of 5.0
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory