George has extensive experience litigating cases in federal, state, and bankruptcy courts throughout the United States. He has litigated in areas such as securities fraud, False Claims Act cases, class actions, intellectual property, antitrust, civil rights, Native American law, and land use. He has personally argued close to 100 appeals in federal and state appellate courts.
He is Chair of the New York State Advisory Committee on Civil Practice, which advises the Chief Judge and the Chief Administrative Judge of the state on changes in New York’s civil practice and has been a member of a number of court and bar association committees. He has been nominated by the New York Judicial Selection Commission for a seat on the New York Court of Appeals four times, twice for the position of Chief Judge.
Before joining the firm, George was a partner in a boutique litigation firm and was formerly a professor of law and the director of the Government Law Center of the Albany Law School.