Los Angeles County (Downey)
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
DOWNEY - Gary Tanaka was honing his sales skills at a jewelry store in Torrance in the mid-1980s when a chance encounter changed the direction of his life.
"'Have you ever thought about going to law school?'" a prospective customer asked the eloquent, young salesman.
Law school never had occurred to Tanaka, who had dropped out of college before his senior year. The only person in his fami... (continued)