Jack George and his daughter, Meg George, are featured on the cover of Leading Lawyers Magazine’s January 2019 issue. Jack, a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois and Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, with Meg, “helped establish Akerman LLP as one of the premier real estate development law firms in Chicago,” according to Leading Lawyers. Meg George currently serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Chicago office, and has been instrumental in the office’s recent strategic growth.
In the issue’s featured article titled, “The Georges: Navigating Their Clients Through the Complexities of Urban Redevelopment,” Jack discusses how his relationship with Meg plays into their respective real estate practices. He said, “We don’t work on the same project often, and so she can help me with practical solutions. I respect Meg’s view of a project, and I ask her advice. She made a great reputation on her own (before joining Akerman). We’ve never had any difficulty. We have the same ideas and the same goal – the need to solve a real estate problem.”
Meg elaborated, “We work together to formulate the best strategy. No one is better than my father by the way he prepares. He reads everything, every document. I emulate (his methods) and admire the way he treats people and his ethics. Everyone is treated the same, from the clients to the office staff.”