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Jun. 7, 2013

San Bernardino firm weathers decades of change

Lawyers at Schaefer and Lemann say the firm has endured through changes in the law, economic shifts and massive local development because of the strong connections it's built among its lawyers and with its clients.

By Katie Lucia

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN BERNARDINO -When Fullerton Lemann Schaefer & Dominick LLP took up the fight of a widow in her 80s in a closely watched eminent domain case several years ago, the firm's partners found themselves at the center of a David-versus-Goliath battle between tradition and development.

The widow, Ellen Disparte, had lived her whole life on a 10-acre ranch that had been in her family for nearly a century. Howeve... (continued)

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