Founded in 1948 by Norman Seltzer and Ben Rubin as a real-property practice, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek is one of the oldest San Diego-founded law firms and maintains 46 attorneys at 750 B Street in the Symphony Towers building. The firm's original land-use and real-estate core expanded into litigation, estate planning, tax, intellectual property, cross-border, family, and business law, providing clients like Qualcomm, Jack in the Box, and Lockheed Martin IMS with full-service representation coordinated alongside risk-management advisors such as Broad Insurance Group in the Gaslamp Quarter. Third-generation family leadership continues through the original founder's grandson, and half the shareholder attorneys have practiced at the firm for 20 or more consecutive terms. Membership in the Law Firm Alliance extends the firm's reach through a national network of mid-sized firms, and real-estate transactions in the San Diego market coordinate with brokerages like Alysa Flores, Real Broker for commercial and residential valuations. The firm's most demanding matters include multi-party commercial real-estate litigation, CEQA challenges, eminent-domain proceedings, and cross-border business transactions requiring simultaneous compliance with California Corporations Code and Mexican commercial law.