David Waggoner Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California

The Alameda County Homeless Action Center (HAC) is a $2.5M legal services organization with offices in Berkeley and Oakland. The mission of HAC is to provide high quality legal services to people who are homeless and disabled while respecting the dignity of each person. Since I joined HAC in 2006, the agency has grown five-fold and currently represents over 1,000 clients. My primary responsibilities are divided between direct supervision of a team of attorneys and legal advocates while also representing the agency in public hearings and bidders conferences with community stakeholders, including pro bono counsel, elected officials, department heads and other legal services executives.

San Francisco, California

For a decade, I have provided high profile strategic communication and litigation on behalf of political and commercial clients. I specialize in the representation of clients before regulatory agencies and government entities, including the Offices of the Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney and Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Ethics Commission, Planning Commission and Board of Appeals. I am adept at drafting press releases, talking points, op-eds as well as giving press conferences, television and print interviews and appearances before membership organizations, courts, legislatures and other influential decision-making bodies. I thrive in David versus Goliath scenarios, marshaling timing, expertise and creativity to achieve unlikely successes against overwhelming odds.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Science

Activities and Societies: Randolph and Haynes Fellowship in California Governance, 2013

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Witkin Awards in Corporate Law and Appellate Advocacy; Certificate in Public Interest Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy