George B. Wolfe is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP where he practices in the areas of economic development, corporate, and governmental law. He chairs the firm’s Economic Development Practice Group.

 

Mr. Wolfe presently serves on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, on that Chamber’s Tax Committee, and on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association.

 

Mr. Wolfe has represented numerous foreign and domestic companies making new and expanded investments in South Carolina, including some of the largest investments in the history of the state. He has participated in drafting and amending many of the state’s tax incentives and other economic development laws. For his work in economic development, Mr. Wolfe has twice been awarded the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian award given by a South Carolina Governor, and the South Carolina Department of Revenue Public Service Award.

 

From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Wolfe served in the administration of President George W. Bush as Deputy General Counsel and Counselor to the Secretary for the Department of the Treasury. As Deputy General Counsel, Mr. Wolfe oversaw the activities of the Treasury Department’s 1,400-lawyer legal division. He provided legal and policy counsel to senior officials in the Treasury Department.

 

During 2003 and 2004, Mr. Wolfe served two tours in the leadership of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq. He served as Deputy Director and Director of Economic Policy for the CPA and as Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance. Mr. Wolfe played key roles in re-establishing the Iraqi banking system, providing for a rehabilitated and independent Iraqi Central Bank and introducing a new unified national currency.

 

For his work at the Treasury Department and in Iraq, Mr. Wolfe was presented with the Treasury’s Distinguished Service Award and the Treasury Medal by Treasury Secretary John W. Snow.

 

In the 1990s Mr. Wolfe served the administration of President George H.W. Bush as a member of the Investment Policy Advisory Committee (INPAC), the principal private sector body advising the United States Trade Representative on inbound and outbound foreign investment issues.

 

A member of the District of Columbia and the South Carolina Bars, Mr. Wolfe served as a law clerk to U.S. Judge Donald Russell of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from 1977-78, and he practiced law in Washington, D.C. from 1978-83.

 

Mr. Wolfe served as the managing partner of the Nelson Mullins Washington, D.C. office from 2004-07.  

Mr. Wolfe earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1977 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. He earned an undergraduate degree, cum laude, in 1973 from Washington and Lee University.