About George W.
George W. Wolff built a career that begins on the university campus and runs into courtrooms and arbitration panels. He completed a B.S. at Purdue University in 1964 and earned an M.S. from Stanford University in 1965. He later added an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970 and a J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 1973. He also studied at Northwestern University School of Law.
After law school he entered practice and has worked across several settings that touch construction, engineering and environmental questions. He serves as principal lawyer at Wolff Law Office, where he handles litigation and dispute resolution that arises from public works, private construction projects and related regulatory matters. He has tried cases, argued motions and served as counsel in arbitration hearings.
Wolff is admitted in multiple state and federal jurisdictions. His admissions include the bars of California, Illinois and New York. He is authorized to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court and the 9th and 7th U.S. Courts of Appeals. He is also admitted in several federal district courts, including the Northern and Southern Districts of California, the Eastern District of California and the Northern District of Illinois trial bar.
His record includes a long stint on a state arbitration roster. From 1984 through 2008 he served as an arbitrator on the California State Construction Arbitration Committee at the California Office of Administrative Hearings. That role placed him in the thick of construction disputes involving contractors, owners and public agencies. He also chaired the Environmental Committee for the Associated General Contractors of California from 1986 to 1987.
Professional memberships have tracked the same subjects. He is a current member of the State Bar of California and belongs to the American Bar Association, participating in the Litigation Section and the Forum Committee on Construction Industry. He has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1964. For a period he belonged to the Save San Francisco Bay Association from 1986 to 1998.
Colleagues describe Wolff as an attorney who combines technical background and courtroom experience. His educational mix of science, business and law informs how he approaches contract disputes and environmental compliance issues. He continues to practice civil litigation and dispute resolution, concentrating on construction-related and environmental matters.
