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Andrade Law Offices is pleased to announce that Adrienne Harbottle has joined the firm as an associate. Adrienne grew up in the Central Valley of California and has recently relocated to the Central Coast.

California attorney Steven R. Andrade has been a prosecutor and defense attorney for more than 25 years and has handled thousands of DUI cases. He understands the best strategies to defend a driver facing a DUI charge and he knows what arguments will be most persuasive to a prosecutor to get a DUI charge reduced or dismissed based on his own experience as a former Ventura County prosecutor.

It's hard enough to determine who was at fault in a car accident, especially when it comes down to a “he said, she said” argument. With all of the factors potentially involved with a multi-car pile up, it can be a challenge to identify who was a fault and who should be held liable.

Hepatitis C is a contagious disease that can attack the liver and cause long-term health problems including liver damage, liver failure, liver cancer, and death. The virus is spread primarily through contact with unsterilized needles and drug injection equipment.

If you are planning to attend the Deltopia street party welcoming spring to Isla Vista and Santa Barbara, we urge you to be mindful of your alcohol consumption and avoid drinking and driving. If you attend UC-Santa Barbara, like most Deltopia partiers, you need to know what a DUI means for college students.

Deltopia, the annual street party marking the start of the spring quarter at UC-Santa Barbara, attracts thousands of partygoers to Isla Vista ready to have fun. But excessive alcohol consumption and underage drinking can be a volatile mixture.

Deltopia is an annual party attended mostly by thousands of USC-Santa Barbara students on the first weekend of spring each year. There is music, dancing, plenty of drinking and sometimes a bit of illicit activity, but usually it is an orderly affair with few problems.

As part of our personal injury law practice, Andrade Law Offices assists people who have been injured in slip and fall accidents. These cases include falls in which the client has been injured because of a hazard that the property owner has failed to warn about or correct at a store, office, public place, or private home.

Nearly 30 passengers were injured including four critically when a Ventura County commuter train crashed into a truck abandoned on the train tracks. The injured Metrolink passengers have a legal right to seek compensation for their medical bills and other losses to help them recover and move forward with their lives.

Would you be in favor of putting an ignition locking device in the car of everyone who is convicted of drunk driving? The legislation is in the works to require an ignition interlock device to be installed in a vehicle for any person convicted of DUI, including first -time misdemeanor DUI cases.