George Hritz has been a lawyer in private and federal government practice in New York and Washington DC for over 40 years. He began his career as a law clerk for a federal judge in New York and as an associate at Cravath. He was a partner at Hogan Lovells and predecessor firms for over 30 years.His specialty is dispute resolution.

He was for over thirty years a board member and was General Counsel of the International Rescue Committee, a prominent refugee relief organization and is a founder, General Counsel and President Emeritus of Princeton in Africa, which has sent over 500 recent college graduates to service positions in Africa from universities all over the world since 1999.  He is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School.