Over 40 years serving as a trusted advisor to high net worth individuals, family offices and private investors. Unmatched business, tax and private wealth expertise.
After four decades serving as tax, business and general legal counsel to some of the nation’s most successful individuals and private businesses, few can rival the diverse matters George Short has handled throughout his career. He is the legal counsel ultra-high net worth individuals and families go to for tax and business advice on a wide variety of interrelated legal, financial and interpersonal issues, often serving as the family’s trusted advisor. From years of advising high profile entertainers, athletes and entertainment industry executives, George has developed special expertise in entertainment industry transactions, including personal planning engagements that involve the disposition and management of copyrights, publishing catalogs and celebrity goodwill, and structuring, forming and ongoing representation of entities formed to exploit his clients’ intellectual property.
George is known for advising his clients as an attorney who is a kindhearted person with a big picture mindset and an expansive network. He is also a stalwart leader both in the legal industry and in the community serving as a director, officer and advisor to many nonprofit organizations.