Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick LLP: Inland Business Law

<body> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1> Welcome . . .</font></font></b> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick, LLP is an AV rated law firm practicing business law, estate planning, probate, trust administration, trials and appeals. We also do a considerable amount of work for non-profit corporations. We serve clients who do business in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. We also serve the needs of clients who are headquartered here and whose business activities take them throughout the state and nation.</font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Our web site provides a guide to the firm for our current clients and those who want to learn more <a href="aboutus.html" target="content">about us</a>. Read our <a href="history.html" target="content">firm history</a>, see our <a href="areas.html" target="content">areas of practice</a>, review our <a href="profiles.html" target="content">attorney profiles</a>, and see a short history of our <a href="academic.html" target="content">academic appointments</a>.</font></font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="90%"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>About us . . .</font></font></font></b> <center> <i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>"Nothing astonishes men so much</font></font></font></i> <br> <i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>as common sense and plain dealing."</font></font></font></i> </center> <div align=right><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-2>Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882</font><font size=-1>)</font></font></font></div> <p><br> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>These words, penned over 150 years ago, ring as true today as then. Common sense, plain dealing, and simple truth chart our course every day.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Bob Fullerton, our founder, laid down the basic principles which govern the firm. "Know the law and the facts," he said. "If you take a case, do what it needs."  "Net profit is more important than gross revenue." "Just take care of the clients you have. They will refer the new clients." "Associate with quality people and build lasting relationships."</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Our goal is simple. We meet our clients' needs better than any other lawyers. We know them, we know their businesses, and we do what it takes to resolve their legal problems. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>We have concentrated on a business practice in San Bernardino and Riverside counties for may years. We know the judges, the government officials, and the business leaders. We are able to get things done for our clients.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>When our clients' business takes them outside San Bernardino and Riverside they take us with them. Our professional standards are equal to any firm in the coastal or metropolitan areas. Our lawyers have chosen to live here for a variety of personal reasons, including family, rugged natural beauty in the desert and mountain regions, and reduced urban congestion. We do not feel the location of our offices is an excuse for relaxed intellect or work ethic.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>We have earned a reputation for integrity, hard work, and results. We have built our firm client by client. There is simply no one better at what we do.</font></font></font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="90%"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>About us . . .</font></font></font></b> <center> <i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>"Nothing astonishes men so much</font></font></font></i> <br> <i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>as common sense and plain dealing."</font></font></font></i> </center> <div align=right><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-2>Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882</font><font size=-1>)</font></font></font></div> <p><br> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>These words, penned over 150 years ago, ring as true today as then. Common sense, plain dealing, and simple truth chart our course every day.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Bob Fullerton, our founder, laid down the basic principles which govern the firm. "Know the law and the facts," he said. "If you take a case, do what it needs."  "Net profit is more important than gross revenue." "Just take care of the clients you have. They will refer the new clients." "Associate with quality people and build lasting relationships."</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Our goal is simple. We meet our clients' needs better than any other lawyers. We know them, we know their businesses, and we do what it takes to resolve their legal problems. </font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>We have concentrated on a business practice in San Bernardino and Riverside counties for may years. We know the judges, the government officials, and the business leaders. We are able to get things done for our clients.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>When our clients' business takes them outside San Bernardino and Riverside they take us with them. Our professional standards are equal to any firm in the coastal or metropolitan areas. Our lawyers have chosen to live here for a variety of personal reasons, including family, rugged natural beauty in the desert and mountain regions, and reduced urban congestion. We do not feel the location of our offices is an excuse for relaxed intellect or work ethic.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>We have earned a reputation for integrity, hard work, and results. We have built our firm client by client. There is simply no one better at what we do.</font></font></font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Academic Appointments . . .</font></font></font></b> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The intellectual expertise at Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick has been recognized by local colleges and universities.  Attorneys at the firm have held the following positions:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>University of Redlands, Lecturer</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>California State University, San Bernardino, Adjunct Professor</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>University of California, Riverside, Lecturer</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Valley College, Adjunct Professor</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>California Baptist College, Associate Professor</font></font></font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Areas of Practice . . .</font></font></font></b> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Our clients are business, professional and nonprofit organizations.  We practice in the areas of Business Law, Litigation, Real Estate, Labor Relations and Employment Law, and Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration.</font></font></font> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Business Law</font></font></font></u> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick, LLP advises and serves the full spectrum of business organizations from publicly held corporations to individual entrepreneurs.  By coordinating the efforts of attorneys of different specialties, the firm is able to provide its business clients with services that include:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>formation, expansion and sale of corporations and other business organizations</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>tax planning and litigation</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>real estate matters</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>employee relations including wrongful termination</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>trademark and copyright matters</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>coordination with governmental agencies</font></font></font></li> <br>   </ul> <u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Litigation</font></font></font></u> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Our trial lawyers represent clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels in virtually every area of civil practice.  Our lawyers also represent clients on matters before local, state and federal administrative boards and agencies. Representative areas of trial practice are:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>real estate</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>construction</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>corporations/partnerships</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>general business</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>insurance</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>taxation</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>creditor rights and debt collection</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>probate</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>eminent domain</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>defamation</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>environmental law</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>labor and employment law</font></font></font></li> <br>   </ul> <u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Real Estate</font></font></font></u> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The dynamic real estate and development climate of Southern California is reflected in Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick's real estate practice. We handle a significant number of transactional and development oriented real estate matters.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Our services include:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>negotiating and documenting purchases, sales, leases, exchanges and other real estate transactions</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>public and private financing</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>developer representation before governmental agencies</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>construction contract negotiation, documentation and administration</font></font></font></li> <br>   </ul> <u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Labor Relations and Employment Law</font></font></font></u> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick, LLP, has an active labor relations and employment law practice providing a wide variety of legal services to clients in both the private and public sectors including:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>negotiations</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>arbitration advocacy</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>unfair practices charges</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>representation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>employee terminations</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>employment discrimination actions</font></font></font></li> </ul> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>We can assist employers in avoiding liability in the work place. Services in this area include:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>assisting employers to develop and administer employment policies</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>preparation and review of employee handbooks, policy manuals and related materials.</font></font></font></li> <br>   </ul> <u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration</font></font></font></u> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick, LLP recognizes that estate planning involves drawing together the many elements that affect personal tax, financial and estate plans. The firm's lawyers develop plans that integrate our clients' business, family and tax objectives.  Our services include:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>will and trust preparation</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>conservatorships and guardianships</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>administration of trusts and probate estates</font></font></font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Clients . . .</font></font></b><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></b> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Public Officials</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Nonprofit Organizations</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Real Estate</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Contractors and Engineers</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Insurance</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Media</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Automobile Dealerships</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Medical Practices</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Manufacturing Corporations</font></font></u><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font></u> <p><u><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Miscellaneous</font></font></u> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Community activities . . . </font></font></font></b> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Attorneys in the firm have served as officers or directors of the following community organizations:</font></font></font> <ul> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>American Heart Association</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Arrowhead United Way</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>California State University, Partnership 2000</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Catholic Charities</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>City of San Bernardino, Co-chairman, Secombe Lake Regional "Parks for Kids" Program</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Child Advocacy Program</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Clean Connection of San Bernardino</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Inland Action, Inc.</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Inland Empire Symphony Associations</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Juvenile Diabetes Foundation</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>La Paz Villas Senior Housing Complex</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>National Orange Show</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>National Orange Show Board of Governors</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>National Orange Show Foundation</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Native Sons of the Golden West, Arrowhead Parlor</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Orange Circle Club</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Rotary Club of San Bernardino North</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>San Bernardino Downtown Main Street, Inc.</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>St. Bernardine Medical Center Professional Building</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>St. Bernardine Plaza Corporation HUD Section 202 Senior Housing Project</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Serra Club of San Bernardino</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Shamrock Club of San Bernardino</font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Tauranga-San Bernardino Sister Cities, Inc.</font></font></li> <br>   </ul> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> </font></font></font></td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="50%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="200"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Contact us . . .</font></font></font></b> <br>   <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>by phone     909 889 3691 </font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>or fax          909 888 5119</font></font></font></li> <li> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>by email at <a href="mailto:info@inlandbusinesslaw.com">info@inlandbusinesslaw.com</a></font></font></font></li> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table COLS=1 WIDTH="90%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Firm History . . .</font></font></font></b> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Robert Fullerton came to San Bernardino as an FBI agent during World War II.  In those days San Bernardino and Riverside Counties were rural counties best known for their orange groves. The war brought the beginnings of what we now call development in the form of military bases and the Kaiser steel mill.  After the war was over, Bob stayed as an attorney, rising to the position of Assistant District Attorney before leaving public service to start his own private practice.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Bob was a well respected leader in the small but growing San Bernardino community.  He had a business practice. He built his own office building across the street from the courthouse.  His wife Frances was the office librarian.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>In 1978, Wilfrid Lemann passed the bar.  Nephew of a San Bernardino Superior Court judge, he had lived in town all of his life until leaving for college and law school.  Bob didn't just offer Bill a job -- he made him a full partner in the firm. It was an unconventional decision that Bob has never regretted.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>By this time the region was changing. The steel mill closed. The groves turned into huge housing tracts as thousands of people moved into the area. San Bernardino and Riverside counties, once rural, became urban. A law practice that once took care of small merchants expanded to handle real estate, non-profit corporations, employment, and the multitude of other legal issues brought by modern times.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>By the early 1980s the firm needed a top notch trial lawyer. Bob and Bill were keenly aware of the shortcomings of "litigators" who had little experience actually trying cases. So they went to the District Attorney's office and recruited Michael Schaefer, one of the best felony trial deputies.  He came on board in 1982 and made partner in 1984.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The firm has grown in a measured pace since then to keep pace with expanded demand for its services.  Tom Dominick, son of a local foundry manager, was hired in 1985. He became a partner in 1989. Craig Wilson joined the firm in 1990. Our most recent associate, Epi Lopez, came in 1999.</font></font></font> <p><font color="#000000"> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body>