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Law Practice

Jan. 22, 2011

Parting Ways Wisely

Partners behind Willoughby, Stuart & Bening maintained personal and business ties with their old firm.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Willoughby, Stuart & Bening began somewhere along Highway 17 during a 30-minute commute from the Santa Cruz mountains to San Jose.

Bradley Bening was carpooling to work with Randy Willoughby, a colleague at Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, when he confessed to Willoughby that he wanted a change.

"I said, 'Randy, I'm looking for space,'" Bening recalled.

Willoughby was too, but with mor...

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