Greg Gesterling:  

After high school graduation, tried JC to avoid the draft. But I wasn't into school. Thereafter, did several years of labor type jobs (factory, water treatment, tow-trucks) , all pretty much capable of career work but not holding my interest. Then in 1972 after a hard night of driving, I had an epiphany that awakened me from sleep. I had to go back to school and become a lawyer. This was a life changing event, especially since I was never a good student. Also, I had no idea how to achieve this goal. So, undeterred, I enrolled at City College for the next semester. After much trial and tribulation trying to raise my mediocre grades, I graduated from City in '74 and was accepted to UC Irvine. as a transfer. However, my father passed in '75 which was very hard on me. I had to quit school to mourn. In '76 I met Julie., a '76 Lakewood grad. Together, we traveled the country ending in Boston, Mass, where we lived for 18 months. Then we decided to move back to SoCal and resume (or start in her case) our college educations. We both enrolled at UC Irvine and were married on campus. I graduated in June, '81 and enrolled at Pepperdine Law School the followin...Expand for more