a general civil attorney, practicing in Port Orchard and
Kitsap County, with offices in Westlake Center in Seattle. He is a graduate of the University of
Illinois College of Law, and was admitted to the Washington bar in 1980. Prior to that he received an MBA from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and graduated with a BS from Illinois State
University with a dual major in Business Administration and Speech
Communication.
His practice emphasizes labor and employment law, business and estate planning. He has served as General Counsel to the Tukwila Fire Fighters Union, Local 2088; the Washington State Council of Firefighters, IAFF; the Seattle Police Guild; and represented the Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild, as well as several other small businesses, organizations and individuals in King, Snohomish, Mason, Jefferson, Pierce and Kitsap Counties.
He was Vice Chair, 1998-99, Treasurer, 1997-98; Secretary 1996-97, and Member, 1989-99, of the King County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section. Conference Chair 1999, Subcommittee Chair, 1992, 1994 and 1995, and Planning Committee Member, 1989-99, of the Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference.
He is a Graduate, of the University of Washington College of Law, Certification Program in Mediation, October, 1996.
George has long been involved with first responders and their families, having worked on LEOFF disability cases throughout his career. Several of those cases involved post-traumatic stress disorders, physical disabilities and psychological conditions. He has also litigated several disability and discrimination cases in Federal and state court on behalf of police officers and other public employees. As such, George is well-aware of the crucial needs of those who have become injured or disabled in the service of others. We owe them an enormous debt of gratitude of which the Freedom Heroes USA development is a significant part.
His practice emphasizes labor and employment law, business and estate planning. He has served as General Counsel to the Tukwila Fire Fighters Union, Local 2088; the Washington State Council of Firefighters, IAFF; the Seattle Police Guild; and represented the Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild, as well as several other small businesses, organizations and individuals in King, Snohomish, Mason, Jefferson, Pierce and Kitsap Counties.
He was Vice Chair, 1998-99, Treasurer, 1997-98; Secretary 1996-97, and Member, 1989-99, of the King County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section. Conference Chair 1999, Subcommittee Chair, 1992, 1994 and 1995, and Planning Committee Member, 1989-99, of the Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference.
He is a Graduate, of the University of Washington College of Law, Certification Program in Mediation, October, 1996.
George has long been involved with first responders and their families, having worked on LEOFF disability cases throughout his career. Several of those cases involved post-traumatic stress disorders, physical disabilities and psychological conditions. He has also litigated several disability and discrimination cases in Federal and state court on behalf of police officers and other public employees. As such, George is well-aware of the crucial needs of those who have become injured or disabled in the service of others. We owe them an enormous debt of gratitude of which the Freedom Heroes USA development is a significant part.