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Three counties. Nine courthouses. One attorney who makes the drive.
From the Rancho Cucamonga office on Fairway View Place, the Law Office of Lee W. Gale appears throughout San Bernardino, Riverside and eastern Los Angeles counties, including the high desert and the Coachella Valley.
A Rancho Cucamonga office at the center of the Inland Empire
The practice is based in Rancho Cucamonga, minutes from the West Valley courthouse, close to where the I-10 and I-15 cross.
That location is not incidental. It sits at the center of the Inland Empire’s working geography (the warehouse corridor, the logistics parks, the commuter cities), and it puts the San Bernardino, Fontana, Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga courts within a short drive, with Riverside and Pomona not much further.
Beyond that, the firm regularly appears in courts that many Inland Empire attorneys quietly decline: Victorville, Barstow and Joshua Tree in the high desert, and the Riverside County courts out to Indio and Blythe. Nearly twenty years of practice in this region, including conflict-panel work at the Victorville Superior Court, means the drive is familiar and so is the bench at the other end of it.
Law Office of Lee W. Gale9333 Fairway View Place, Suite 101, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
(626) 935-9247
Fax (626) 404-2769
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. Evening and weekend appointments by arrangement.
Courthouses served
- Rancho Cucamonga District (West Valley) Courthouse
- San Bernardino Justice Center
- Fontana Courthouse
- Victorville Courthouse
- Joshua Tree Courthouse
- Riverside Hall of Justice
- Southwest Justice Center
- Pomona Courthouse South
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Courthouse assignments and addresses change. Confirm your venue on the paperwork you were served or cited with, or call the office and it will be checked for you.
Cities and communities served
Criminal defense, civil litigation, business and family matters throughout the following communities.
San Bernardino County
The firm’s home county. Matters heard at the Rancho Cucamonga (West Valley), San Bernardino, Fontana, Victorville and Joshua Tree courthouses, from the valley cities through the mountain communities and out across the high desert.
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Ontario
- Fontana
- San Bernardino
- Upland
- Chino
- Chino Hills
- Rialto
- Colton
- Redlands
- Montclair
- Highland
- Loma Linda
- Grand Terrace
- Yucaipa
- Victorville
- Hesperia
- Apple Valley
- Adelanto
- Barstow
- Big Bear Lake
- Lake Arrowhead
- Crestline
- Running Springs
- Wrightwood
- Joshua Tree
- Yucca Valley
- Twentynine Palms
- Lucerne Valley
- Needles
- Yermo
Riverside County
From the western cities along the 15 and the 91 through the Hemet and Temecula valleys to the Coachella Valley and the eastern desert. Matters heard at the Riverside Hall of Justice and the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, among others.
- Riverside
- Corona
- Moreno Valley
- Temecula
- Murrieta
- Menifee
- Hemet
- San Jacinto
- Perris
- Lake Elsinore
- Wildomar
- Norco
- Eastvale
- Jurupa Valley
- Mira Loma
- Beaumont
- Banning
- Calimesa
- Palm Springs
- Palm Desert
- Cathedral City
- Rancho Mirage
- La Quinta
- Indio
- Coachella
- Indian Wells
- Desert Hot Springs
- Thousand Palms
- Blythe
- Idyllwild
- Anza
- Aguanga
- Cabazon
- Homeland
- Nuevo
- Quail Valley
- Sun City
- Winchester
- Thermal
- Mecca
- Whitewater
Los Angeles County
The eastern San Gabriel Valley communities bordering San Bernardino County, with matters generally heard at the Pomona courthouse.
- Pomona
- West Covina
- Claremont
- La Verne
- San Dimas
- Diamond Bar
- Walnut
- Rowland Heights
- Glendora
- Covina
Not seeing your city? The list above reflects where the firm appears most often, not a boundary. If your matter is in Southern California, call and it will be assessed on the merits.
You do not necessarily need to come to Rancho Cucamonga
Consultations are held at the office, by telephone or by video, whichever suits. Documents are exchanged electronically. Many California court appearances may now be made remotely under Code of Civil Procedure § 367.75 and each court’s local rules, which has made representation in the desert courts considerably more practical than it once was.
Some appearances do still require you personally: trial, certain arraignments, some family law hearings. You will be told which ones at the beginning, so travel can be planned rather than discovered.
By video or phone
Full consultations, case meetings and document review without the drive.
Electronic filing
Pleadings and documents filed and served electronically across all three counties.
Remote appearances
Where the court permits it, hearings are attended remotely. Where it does not, they are attended in person.
Practical questions about location
Travel to the more distant courts (Victorville, Barstow, Joshua Tree, Needles, Blythe, the Coachella Valley courts) is accounted for in the fee agreement rather than added as a surprise later. It is discussed openly at the consultation so the number you are quoted is the number you pay. For many matters in those courts the practical answer is that fewer local attorneys make the trip regularly, which is precisely why the firm does.
To a large extent, yes. Consultations and case meetings can be held by phone or video, documents are exchanged electronically, and many California court appearances are now available remotely under Code of Civil Procedure § 367.75 and each court’s local rules. Some appearances still require the client in person: arraignment in certain circumstances, trial, some family law hearings. You will be told at the outset which ones those are so you can plan around them.
For criminal matters, generally the courthouse serving the jurisdiction where the alleged offense occurred. For civil matters, venue usually follows where the defendant resides or where the contract was performed or the events occurred. In San Bernardino County that most often means Rancho Cucamonga (West Valley), San Bernardino, Fontana, Victorville or Joshua Tree; in Riverside County, the Hall of Justice in Riverside or the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta. If you have paperwork, the courthouse is named on it. Bring it and there is no guesswork.
Yes. 9333 Fairway View Place, Suite 101 sits in the Rancho Cucamonga business district close to the I-10 and I-15 interchange, a short drive from the West Valley courthouse on Haven Avenue. There is on-site parking. Clients travel in regularly from Ontario, Fontana, Upland, Chino, Riverside, Corona and the desert communities.
Ontario, Victorville, Temecula or Pomona: start with a phone call.
A consultation is a real working session. You leave knowing the charge or claim you face, the realistic range of outcomes, and what the next ninety days look like. $150 for the first thirty minutes, $225 for the first hour.
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