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San Pedro, which is in the South Los Angeles, is the town where Carmen Trutanich grew up. In the same town he attended the elementary and the high schools. Since Carmen came from the strong ethnic roots and was also one of the three carmens in the house, he was never referred to as Carmen. Right from his birth he had been known as “Nuch”. The word Nuch has is roots in Croatian/Italian heritage and translates to junior. Carmen Trutanich was known as nuch by everybody from his parents, teachers, ministers and friends, and coaches.

Carmen’s father Andy came from Croatia and passed away eight years ago, while his mother Esther belonged to Ischia, which is a small island, the size of Catalina, off the western coast of Italy. Carmen’s father worked as a laborer at StarKist FDS on the Terminal Island all through his high school years. Andy retired as the general manager of the Terminal Island’s Tuna packaging plant. His was a house wife with the help of Carmen’s maternal grandparents raised seven children. The family stayed at the same locality through the youth and the high school years of Carmen. In fact apart from one of his siblings all the rest are still residing in the same Harbor area.

Carmen went to the University of Southern California after completing his high school and graduated with a degree in business administration. His specialization was in the field of Accounting and Business management. He received his Masters degree in business administration from the same university in the year of 1974. While studying for his Master’s degree he also worked in the procurement department of the StarKist FDS along with his uncle Nicholas. There they used to procure tuna resources from around the world. On the completion of his MBA Carmen started studying law at South Bay University College of Law in order to assist his job at StarKist. Carmen took a liking for the subject and after graduating and passing the bar, opened a small practice in San Pedro. Even while he was working at StarKist and studying law in he period between 1974 to 1988, he found time to teach part time. The subjects that he taught were Real Estate law, Business law, Business Management and Supervision Management Mary Mount Junior and Los Angeles Harbor colleges. In fact he has a life credential which allows him to teach college in California.

While working as a Deputy D.A, Carmen excelled and his superiors lauded him lot of recommendations and he also was awarded a position in the newly founded and federally funded unit of “The Hard Core Gang Division”. In no time Carmen became an accomplished trial attorney and handled one gang murder after another. When a new District Attorney was elected, Carmen was transferred to the Environment Crimes/OSHA Division. At that time Carmen was the premier environmental trial attorney. Carmen succeeded in taking a Capital Gang Case with him, in case there was not much to do in the new division. He is the only Deputy D.A. till date who has received death verdict while still working with the environmental crimes unit.

During his days as the environmental prosecutor Carmen was the first one to try a Felony in the environmental crime in the state of California and also received convictions on all counts. In 1984 when the new felony law was enacted, Carmen was the first prosecutor to receive conviction for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Wastes. For an environmental crime prosecution, Carmen along with another D.A. drafted the first sets of judiciary approved jury instructions. Carmen’s reputation as an environmental crime prosecutor grew along with his reputation of an accomplished trial attorney in Hard Core Gang unit.

Carmen always took pride in being the people’s attorney and enjoyed representing the people belonging to the state of California. He also was an active member of his community. Numerous lectures and talks were given by him on behalf of the office of the District Attorney. His third child Kimberly was born in 1982. Carmen had a strong sports background and thus agreed to become the regional commissioner for AYSO soccer. The process procedure for red cards that Carmen introduced is still being used within his own community. Sports have become an integral part of Carmen’s life. Till date he has ran 20 full 26 mile marathons and numerous 10ks and 15ks. In Carmen’s opinion athletics is a great way of teaching goal achievement.

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