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Solo and Small Firms

Jan. 25, 2014

Wellman & Warren finds the right balance

While Wellman concentrates on complex business litigation, Warren focuses on the legal side of multi-level marketing, sometimes known as pyramid selling. The firm has represented celebrities including media mogul Ted Turner.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LAGUNA HILLS - When a Wellman & Warren LLP client ran up a bill of more than $1 million in attorney fees and suddenly couldn't pay, the fledgling firm found itself in a sticky financial situation.


"We were out of money. We were stuck," name partner Scott R. Warren recalled. "We basically had to scramble and make ends meet."


It was 1996. Scott W. Wellman h...

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