Adriane Bracciale joined BASTAUniversal! as a staff attorney in April 2025. Ms. Bracciale has dedicated her career to serving the underserved and has always believed that housing is a human right. She earned her "Trial Warrior" certificate from Gerry Spence's 3-week Trial Lawyers College in 2017. From there, she earned several trial and litigation victories as an Imperial County Deputy Public Defender, then learned eviction defense on the job as Directing Attorney of California Rural Legal Assistance's El Centro office. Ms. Bracciale is a graduate of California Western School of Law (2008-2010) and earned her B.S. in animal science at Cornell University (2004-2007).