Steven Andrade | Personal Injury Lawyer Santa Barbara

I have been in practice for more than 25 years. I developed my analytical and trial skills as a Deputy District Attorney and as an Assistant Attorney General over the course of 10 years. Before starting my private practice, my experience included hundreds of court and jury trials in both criminal and civil areas. As a result of my experience, I place great value on early investigation and the hiring of the best experts available. When I take a case to trial, I want the opposing side to be outgunned by our early investigation and our experts. Many of our cases settle before ever going to trial because the opposing side knows that I will not shy away from taking a difficult case to trial. Most of my clients today come from referrals.

Few lawyers in the community have had as much trial experience as I have. With respect to civil cases, I believe that I have had more experience with major injury cases than most attorneys. As a result of my experience in major injury cases, there are many superb experts available to me to evaluate the merits of the case and, if they support the case, they will serve as experts. In one case, working with some of these experts, we obtained a jury verdict in excess of $60 million dollars twice. I was so committed to my client's cause that I invested more than $500,000 of my own money to finance the case (I got it back when we won!). Many other attorneys have requested my assistance in handling major injury cases.

With respect to criminal cases, I have had the benefit of being a prosecutor for 10 years before becoming a defense lawyer. As a result of that, I understand the prosecution's point of view and oftentimes can persuade them to resolve the case in a way that benefits my client. Because I have had so many criminal trials, both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney, I have no fear of taking a case to trial if it is necessary.

In civil cases, if my efforts result in my client receiving every penny of the money they deserve, I know that I have served my client well. In criminal cases my clients are sometimes innocent. If I can get the case dismissed or take the case to trial and obtain a not guilty verdict, it is the best feeling in the world. Oftentimes, clients might be guilty of something but not guilty of the more serious charges filed by the District Attorney's Office. If I am able to resolve the case for the appropriate charge, this, too, gives me a feeling of accomplishment.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney At Law	Andrade Law Offices	Santa Barbara, CA	February 1987 - Present
Attorney At Law	Private Practice	Northern Mariana Islands	July 1986 - February 1987
Assistant Attorney General	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Northen Mariana Islands	July 1986 - February 1987
Deputy District Attorney	County of Ventura, California	Ventura, California	February 1979 - March 1984
Coordinator and Speaker	Ventura County District Attorney's Office	Ventura, California	January 17 - January 20, 1984

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of California, Davis School of Law	Juris Doctor	Law School	1979
San Francisco State University	B.A. - Magnum Cum Laude	Political Science	1974

State / Court	Date
California	1978

• California State Bar Association
  Member Law Review; Articles published 1977

• Personal Injury Infant Burned by Scalding Coffee - $2.4M Settlement Auto Injury Causing Neck Injury - $ 1M Insurance Settlement Negligence Causing Paralysis - $60.7M Jury Verdict Pedestrian Hit in Crosswalk - $1,25M Settlement Medical Malpractice / Civil Rights Violation - $850,000 Settlement Slip & Fall, Serious Back Injury - $318,000 Jury Verdict Foot Injury-Policy Limit Awarded at Binding Arbitration - $300,000 Award Auto Pedestrian Accident, Leg, Back Injuries - $540,000 Award Auto Pedestrian Accident Causing Severe Knee Injury - $250,000 Settlement Negligence of Laboratory - $563,000 Settlement Slip & Fall, Serious Shoulder Injury - $225,000 Settlement Negligence Causing Minor Brain Injury - $1M Settlement Elderly Fall, Broken Clavical - $450,000 Settlement Criminal Defense Second Degree Murder - Not Guilty verdict after trial Attempted Murder / Assault with Deadly Weapon - Judge found self-defense, case dismissed Possession of Drugs for Sale - Not Guilty verdict 7 Counts of Robbery - Judge dismissed case after preliminary hearing Receiving Stolen Property - Case dismissed after evidence suppressed (illegal search) Felony Embezzlement - Case dismissed after jury deadlocked Felony Assault Charges with Gang Enhancement - Judge found self-defense, case dismissed DUI Vehicular Manslaughter - Not Guilty verdicts DUI's - Thousands of cases resolved by Not Guilty verdicts, dismissals, and reductions of charges

• Law Review, 10 U.C.D.L Rev 273 1977

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(1978) Licensed as Attorney in California. Verified with California Bar Association.	February 07, 2013

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Santa Barbara Attorneys Team Up To Deliver A Scalding $2.6M Victory for Baby Burned by Hot Coffee  (2013-05-09 17:50:11)
(January 2013) Ten- month old "Baby M." suffered pain and scarring on her chest and neck from a hot coffee burn.

Three Strikes Rule Aggressively Enforced in Santa Barbara County  (2013-05-09 17:53:41)
Although the “Three Strikes” rules changed dramatically in November, 2012 when California voters passed “Proposition 36″, it is still no joke.

Andrade Law Offices Secures $4.317M Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury Sustained in Slip and Fall Case  (2022-10-26 14:00:25)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb. 08, 2022 -- A Kern County jury awarded a verdict in the amount of $4.317M on Nov. 18, 2021, to a Lompoc man who was injured in 2016 while shopping in a Taft, California, Albertsons grocery store. Santa Barbara Attorney Steven R. Andrade of Andrade Law Offices secured the verdict after four weeks of trial in Kern County Superior Court with Judge Thomas Clark presiding.