George's practice has focused in the area of general litigation since 1981. In addition to extensive probate and trust litigation experience, his practice has covered state and federal court trials and appeals on various general commercial litigation matters, including fraud and fraudulent conveyances, commercial torts, intellectual property disputes, bankruptcy-related litigation, breach of contract, disputes concerning closely-held corporations, antitrust, securities law, defending against dealers' and franchisees' statutory and contractual claims, collections and ERISA-related litigation. He has also handled general personal injury and product liability litigation and technical commercial litigation regarding: banking litigation (including lender liability, suits on commercial loans, mortgage foreclosures, loan participations); environmental litigation; disputes relating to design and construction of nuclear power plants; litigation over purchase of a software business (including technical product development questions); Lanham Act/trademark litigation; representing patent lawyers in infringement litigation; construction litigation relating to specifications; trade secret litigation; noncompetition litigation.

Before joining Harrison & Held, LLP, George was affiliated with Mayer, Brown & Platt as an associate from 1981 to 1987 and as a partner from 1988 to 1991. He then founded his own firm, Vurdelja and Associates, which operated from 1991 to 1994, when he formed a partnership with John Heaphy, known as Vurdelja & Heaphy. Both John and George joined Harrison & Held, LLP on March 1, 2007.

Education:

• James Madison College at Michigan State University, B.A., 1978; Phi Beta Kappa.
• University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1981.

Admissions:

• Illinois State Bar
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Trial Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Memberships:

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association