By Katie Lucia
Daily Journal Staff Writer
REDLANDS - Being called a trial lawyer might be a dirty name to some, but attorneys at Welebir Tierney & Weck APLC say they are proud of that distinction.
Founding partner Douglas Welebir - a trial lawyer for 47 years - acknowledges that the general public loathes trial attorneys.
"But even those who don't like us use us when they need it," he said.
Welebir has tried more than 10... (continued)
Mar. 15, 2013
Trial attorneys to the core
Being called a trial lawyer might be a dirty name to some, but attorneys at Welebir Tierney & Weck APLC say they are proud of that distinction.
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