Mediator John K. "Jake" Courtney worked for three decades as a trial lawyer, a career he first started dreaming about in elementary school.
"My dad's a criminal defense lawyer," Courtney said, referring to Robert E. Courtney, who practices in Redondo Beach.
"I used to put on a suit and go to court with him when I was very young," said Jake Courtney. "The legal community was much smaller back then, an... (continued)