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Solo and Small Firms

Jun. 21, 2014

A Successful Shingle

The founders of Brown Wegner McNamara took a chance when they went out on their own at the height of the recession. But the Irvine firm's lawyers say the bet has since paid off with a bustling business.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


IRVINE - On the way to a legal conference last year, Matthew K. Wegner and William J. Brown Jr. stopped off in Fontana to sift through crates of imported slate.


The slate, brought in from China and used on multimillion-dollar homes throughout California, had changed color unexpectedly and was found to be defective. Wegner and Brown, who represented the roofing manufacturer in a case, wanted ...

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