Sal Dukakis

**Sal Dukakis** is a character role-played by real\_salad.

## Background

Salvatore Dukakis was born in Liberty City on August 12th, 1957 to Irish and Greek immigrant parents, Elaine and Gino Dukakis.

Sal grew up in a multi cultural neighbourhood, spending time out on the block, and travelling the city to take pictures of the cars, buildings and people he would see. He would spend his evenings working in his fathers restaurant as a waiter, serving mobsters, senators and other persons of repute. His experience as a waiter taught him the value of a silver tongue, and fueled his ambition to become like them - a rich guy in a suit.

Sal was accepted into law school, and worked hard to stay ahead of his peers - eventually graduating magna cum laude and landing a job at the prestigious law firm Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster.

The reality of being a junior at a big firm was far from the luxurious vision Sal had for his life - paperwork, office politics and late nights were not what he had in mind when he set out to become a hot shot lawyer.

Sal would attempt to climb the ranks of his firm by landing new clients - leveraging the popularity of his fathers restaurant to try and finagle his way into meetings with important politicians and underworld figures. However, most of these attempts would end unsuccessfully - with most of his "prospective clients" being unimpressed with his track record and approach of accosting them whilst they ate dinner.

His persistance would eventually pay dividends when Robert Seragliano of the Vercotti Crime Family would ask Sal to represent him in an illegal narcotics case. Seragliano was by all accounts, caught dead to rights in this case. However, due to the sudden disappearance of a a key witness shortly before trial, and a number of evidentiary irregularities that were brought to light, the case was dismissed and Seragliano walked free.

This case gave Sal's career as a criminal lawyer a huge boost in Liberty City underworld circles. Representing other Vercotti family members greatly increased his billable hours at Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster, earning him a promotion and new office. Seragliano would also introduce Sal to other associates and influencial figures in Liberty City, some of which would also choose to be represented by Sal.

Association with the Vercotti family was not without risk. Sal was now a possible target for violence from enemies of the Vercotti family, and also risked his reputation with the Liberty City bar association. Furthermore, his senior partners would put Sal under much scrutiny in the following years, as his cases would be often be won on the back of strange or morbid circumstances.

After a particularly egregious incident in 1985 in which Sal and a member of the Vercotti family would be accused of attempting to bribe a senior police official, Sal's law license was suspended pending further investigation by the the Liberty City bar association. It was around this time that Sal decided to skip town, turn a new leaf, and try his luck in Los Santos.

## Today

Sal now works as the Head of Business and Revenue Division for City Hall. His job involves writing, processing & approving permits for new businesses in the state. Sal is also responsible for looking for new ways to generate revenue for the state.