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By Brian Cardile
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - One might say that George Wu's heritage predestined his path from litigator to federal judge.
His great grandfather, Wu Tingfang, became the world's first ethnic Chinese barrister in 1876. After supporting the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 - which toppled dynastic rule after over 2,000 years - he served as the Minister of Justice for the Nanjing Provisional Government, a precursor to the Repub... (continued)