Tony Serra(I)
- Actor
Tony Serra is a living embodiment of the anti-establishment. After
graduating from UC Berkeley's Boalt School of Law in 1961, Serra began
his career as a deputy district attorney for Alameda County. After only
one year, he grew disillusioned with the justice system and became a
private defense lawyer. He has become notorious for representing - and
winning - cases on behalf of the downtrodden: drug dealers, Hell's
Angels, Black Panthers, even the Symbionese Liberation Army. His
defense of a Korean man wrongfully convicted in a Chinatown gang murder
inspired the film 'True Believer.' Ever the bohemian, Serra ties his
hair in a ponytail and wears a silver African bracelet. He owns no
property and doesn't have a checking account. His most expensive
possession is a 1970 Cadillac with rusting fenders, missing trim and a
drivers-side door that won't open. He takes most cases for free and his
estimated net worth is only around $1000. As a tax resister opposed to
military expenditures, he has not paid taxes for two decades.
