A practicing lawyer at the National law firm of Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, and based in Los Angeles, George has been recognized as one the best and and most influential lawyers in his field. The Los Angeles Business Journal has named him one of the 500 most influential people in Los Angeles since the Journal starting tracking in 2016 and Best Lawyers in America named him Los Angeles Administrative/Regulatory Lawyer of the Year in 2019.
George was a principal co-author of the new Los Angeles City Charter, adopted in 1999 – the first full revision since 1923. He is Regent Emeritus and Chair Emeritus of the Board of Regents of the University of California and during his career has served on multiple public and private boards and commissions. An advisor to both business and elected leaders, he has been honored for his public service by numerous civic organizations, including the Urban League, the Coro Foundation and the Pat Brown Institute. In 2013 he received the Anti-Defamation League’s Jurisprudence Award. In 2018 he received the Los Angeles Heritage Award on behalf of his law firm, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP.
George is the author of The Strategy of Meetings published by Simon and Schuster.
He lives in Los Angeles and is married with two sons, Geordie and Ian, both in the arts.