Patricia Andel

Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law Attorney

About

► PATRICIA L. ANDEL Oceanside / North San Diego County : 760-631-6360 Carlsbad/Central-South San Diego County: 760-579-7684 Big Bear Mountain Communities: 909-281-4442 Patricia@AndelLaw.com ► SPECIALTIES: Estate planning, probate, conservatorships, guardianships, trust administration, and elder law. Ms. Andel has over 28 years of practice in the legal profession. She is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Her key areas of practice are estate planning, probate, guardianships, trust administration, and elder law, including conservatorships and Medi-Cal planning. Ms. Andel serves as co-chair of the the North County San Diego Bar Association Trusts & Estates section. In addition to her law practice, Ms. Andel teaches as an adjunct professor of law and teaches bar review courses for Fleming's Fundamentals of Law in Orange County and San Diego County, California. She also serves as a judge pro tem for small claims and traffic matters in San Diego County. Specialties: Estate planning, probate, conservatorships, guardianships, trust administration, and elder law.

Country

United States

City

Carlsbad

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts, Wills, Elder Law, Real Estate, Conservatorships, Small Business, Litigation, Estate Administration, Guardianship, Legal Assistance, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Product Liability, Torts, Powers of Attorney

Experience

Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law Attorney

Law Office of Patricia L. Andel, A.P.C.

1992-8 - Present · 34 yrs 2 mos

Ms. Andel provides a variety of legal services, with an emphasis on estate planning, probate, conservatorships, trust administration, and elder law.

Adjunct Professor of Law

Fleming's Fundamentals of Law

1999-1 - 2017-3 · 18 yrs 3 mos

Ms. Andel teaches bar review courses as an adjunct professor of law for Fleming's Fundamentals of Law in San Diego County and Orange County, California. In addition to teaching bar candidates how to pass the Performance Exam portion of the California Bar Exam, Ms. Andel has co-authored numerous teaching materials for that course.

Adjunct Professor of Law

Whittier Law School

1998-8 - 2008-12 · 10 yrs 5 mos

Ms. Andel regularly teaches as an adjunct professor of law at Whittier Law School located in Costa Mesa, California. The courses she has taught include Wills & Trusts, Community Property, Remedies, and Legal Research & Writing.

Assistant Professor of Law

Western State University College of Law

1993-1 - 2001-6 · 8 yrs 6 mos

Ms. Andel formerly taught as a full-time assistant professor of law, and thereafter an adjunct professor, at Western State University College of Law located in Fullerton, California. In addition to serving as the Legal Writing Director, Ms. Andel authored numerous teaching materials and taught numerous courses, including Wills, Trusts, Wills Drafting, Community Property, Remedies, Torts, Health Law, Moot Court, and Legal Research & Writing.

Senior Attorney

Allergan

1988-6 - 1992-8 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Ms. Andel managed all nonpatent and nonsecurities litigation and claims for Allergan, Inc. and its divisions, with primary emphasis on products liability. Other areas of litigation included employment, antitrust, business, collections, and bankruptcy (creditor). She also served as counsel for Allergan Optical, then the largest division of the company, which manufactured and marketed contact lenses and lens care products. In that capacity, she managed FDA, antitrust, unfair competition, labor and general commercial issues, drafted domestic and international agreements, including development, supply, license, distributorship, consulting, and confidentiality agreements, approved copy for domestic and international promotional and labeling materials, reviewed research abstracts, medical device reports, and adverse reaction reports, and served as liaison between the legal and risk management departments.

Litigation Associate

Rutan & Tucker

1986-7 - 1988-6 · 2 yrs

Ms. Andel served as a litigator in one of Orange County's largest law firms located in Costa Mesa, California. Her primary emphasis was on products liability, personal injury, toxic tort, and insurance litigation.