GL HeadshotSince 1998, George Landrith has served as the President and CEO of Frontiers of Freedom – a public policy think tank devoted to promoting a strong national defense, free markets, individual liberty, and constitutionally limited government.  Frontiers of Freedom is recognized as a national leader on many of the most important issues facing America today – including: national security and defense, constitutional law, market-based environmental solutions, energy, tax reform, property rights, and regulatory reform.

Previously, Landrith served as the Vice President and General Counsel to the National Legal Center for the Public Interest — now associated with the American Enterprise Institute.

Landrith is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was the Business Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Politics.  He also graduated, magna cum laude, from Brigham Young University studying political science and economics.

Landrith is admitted to the bar in Virginia and California and is a member of the United States Supreme Court bar.

In 1994 and 1996, Landrith was the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District.  He also served on the Albemarle County (Virginia) School Board from 1992 through 1995.  He was appointed by then Governor George Allen and confirmed by the General Assembly to serve on the Virginia Workforce 2000 Advocacy Council.  As an adjunct professor at the George Mason School of Law, Landrith has taught constitutional law, appellate advocacy, and legal writing.  Landrith also teaches at the Leadership Institute’s candidate school.

Landrith appears frequently on television and radio news programs. He has been quoted in many of the nation’s leading newspapers, including:  New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.  Mr. Landrith’s work has been printed in over 100 newspapers across the nation, including: Washington Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Daily News, National Review, Sacramento Bee, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Providence Journal, Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Townhall, and Human Events. In 2004, Landrith published a book, On Politics and Policy: Views on Freedom from an American Conservative. 

Mr. Landrith lives in Virginia with his wife, Laura.  They have seven children.