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This Valentine’s Day show your love for our firm by voting for us in the 2023 Best of Readers’ Choice Poll. We are listed in the Best Law Firm category and 3 of our lawyers are listed in the Best Personal Injury Lawyers category. To vote, click on the direct links below, click vote…

Daniel Rodriguez, founding partner and president of Rodriguez & Associates, announced in a press conference on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, that his firm is representing a special needs student who was the victim of a bullying incident at Arvin High School. The victim is a 16-year-old student who has significant learning disabilities. Mr. Rodriguez…

The types of accidents that occur in an oilfield are often unexpected and catastrophic. Understanding the best way to handle an emergency and seek both physical and legal help is essential to your well-being and future. Daniel Rodriguez, founder and president of Rodriguez & Associates, has firsthand experience working in the oilfield of Kern…

Accidents caused by large commercial trucks can be devastating due to the sheer force of a moving truck hitting a car. In these instances, semi-trucks can be 30-40 times the mass of a standard-sized car, reaching 40 tons when fully loaded. Statistically, in an accident involving a car and a semi-truck, the truck’s occupants…

Daniel Rodriguez was listed in The Bakersfield Californian’s 2022 Best of Bakersfield Readers’ Choice as a favorite in the Best Personal Injury Lawyer category. Each year, The Bakersfield Californian hosts this competition to help residents find the best of the best in the county. Daniel’s professional dedication to the Bakersfield community has not gone…

On January 10, 2013 (almost a month after Sandy Hook), a Taft Union High School student walked into class carrying a shotgun, aimed it directly at a fellow classmate, and shot him. Now, almost 10 years later, the then 16-year-old victim is receiving full closure. The State of California Court of Appeals has upheld…

The oil production industry brings in a substantial number of jobs and millions in revenue to California’s local and state economies every year. Bakersfield has become known as the oilfield capital of California with the surrounding area of Kern County accounting for nearly 70% of the state’s oil and about 1% of global oil…

Founder and President of Rodriguez & Associates, Daniel Rodriguez, has been selected to the 2022 California Super Lawyers list. Daniel has been part of this list every year since 2009. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive…

Every car crash has its own unique set of circumstances that individuals, law enforcement, and insurance companies must handle, but when a crash involves a commercial truck (also referred to as a semi-truck or tractor-trailer) additional layers of trucking law, regulations, insurance policies, and negligence come into play. Handling a lawsuit that involves a…

Founder and President of Rodriguez & Associates, Daniel Rodriguez and his wife, Connie, have gifted California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), $125,000 to be distributed over a five-year period. “Giving is contagious!” –  Daniel Rodriguez Rodriguez and his wife were inspired to donate to the university after Connie Perez-Andreesen and Joel Andreesen, a Senior Partner…