Dana Dean

Dana has practiced real estate and land use law, focusing on litigation and land use development for nearly two decades. She has worked throughout Northern California on matters that involve sustained, long range advocacy efforts, detailed analyses, and extensive communications with governing entities, interested community groups, developers, and property owners.

With an emphasis on commercial and industrial development, Dana represents landowners, project developers, and community groups alike at city and county levels during all stages of development permitting, with a focus on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process. She also frequently appears before state agencies, such as BAAQMD, BCDC, CalRecycle, DTSC, DOGGR, and State Lands Commission, and represents clients in interactions with federal agencies, such as U.S. EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Her extensive land use experience includes traditional development projects, as well as cutting-edge developments in areas of alternative energy, carbon sequestration, resource recovery, and water-related land planning.