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Hugo Gerstl's endeavors include author, lawyer, singer, actor, pilot ...
by DENNIS TAYLOR, Monterey Herald
He characterizes himself as "a mean, nasty civil trial lawyer," but Hugo Gerstl is likely to give you a hug the first time you meet him.
He describes himself as "probably the laziest, most boring person I know," and looks back on his life — 71 years of it — as "unimportant" and "insignificant." But his story is rich with accomplishments.
He told off his teacher in kindergarten and has never regretted it
Hugo Gerstl – Great Lives by TONY SETON, Carmel Pine Cone
IT MIGHT sound like hyperbole, but Hugo Gerstl saved my life. I went to see this noted Monterey attorney when two business partners stabbed me in the back and I was at my wit’s end. After 15 minutes of talking with Hugo, I had a sense that everything would be fixed, and it was. An arbitrator induced the miscreants to pay for their sins.