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George A. Sorial
With decades of demonstrated experience, George A. Sorial is an attorney, author and consultant and the founder of Sorial Consulting, LLC. He is the former Executive Vice President and Counsel to The Trump Organization and its affiliated companies with respect to its global portfolio.
Mr. Sorial has managed a variety of high profile legal and business affairs, negotiating with numerous domestic and foreign government officials, politicians and other prominent members of the international business community. Following the 2016 Presidential election, Mr. Sorial was appointed as the first Chief Compliance Counsel to The Trump Organization and was responsible for the implementation and supervision of the global company wide corporate compliance program.
Mr. Sorial was formerly associated with the Day Pitney law firm and was a partner with DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick and Cole, LLP where he specialized in general, corporate, commercial and real estate transactions.
Mr. Sorial has garnered international attention due to his unique public relations and media management style. He has appeared before and worked with numerous government authorities including The White House, The United States Congress, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland and the House of Commons and House of Lords in London, England.
With frequent public speaking engagements and media appearances, Mr. Sorial is a highly sought after contributor to print, radio and television including Fox, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post as well as many others.
Services
With experience across multiple industries, Mr. Sorial specializes in Government Affairs, Business Strategy and Transformation, Real Estate Development, General Project Management and Building Global Business and Strategic Relationships.
The Real Deal
My Decade Fighting Battles and Winning Wars With Trump
Mr. Sorial is the co-author of this highly acclaimed book. In it, Mr. Sorial shares what he witnessed in many high-stakes business scenarios, as well as personal behind the scenes anecdotes about Trump himself and his family. The Real Deal is about a key decade that defined an American icon who became our most unconventional president. It’s a story about a CEO who made billions and then pivoted his business acumen to serve his country as the 45th President.
Available for purchase on Amazon, Harper Collins and Barnes & Noble.
Philanthropy
As a Coptic Orthodox Christian, Mr. Sorial worked to gain support for Global Coptic Day, which has become a worldwide annual event. He currently works with the Coptic Orthodox and other Christian communities in the Middle East to protect Christians who remain in areas previously decimated by ISIS. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Agora University, a Coptic Orthodox based non-profit organization.
He is also a member of the Advisory Council for American Corporate Partners, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to veterans and their spouses during the transition from the military to civilian life.
Mr. Sorial is also an Advisory Board Member for One More Day, a nonprofit working to prevent veteran suicide.
Mr. Sorial is a Council Member of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
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Boards
GreenMet
Chairman
2/21 – 8/22
Member, Board of Directors
2/21 – present
Municipal Finance and Services Corporation
Advisory Board
5/21 – present
One More Day
Advisory Board Member
3/22 – present
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Secretary
2007 to 2019
Trump International Hotel & Golf Links, Ireland
Board of Directors
2014 to 2019
Trump Soho Hotel Condominium, New York
Board of Directors
April 2017 to November 2017
American Corporate Partners
Member of the Advisory Council
June 2018 to present
Agora University, Monroe Township, NJ
Member of the Advisory Board
2016 to present
Member of Global Scot Network
2007 to 2018
Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago
Board of Directors
2017 to 2019
The Trump World Tower Condominium
President, Board of Managers
2006 to 2016
ConnectOne Bank
Ambassador Board
Feb 2024 to Present
Education & Credentials
Bar Admissions
New Jersey (1995), New York (1996), District of Columbia (1997)
Boston University School of Law
Graduate School of Management
Boston, MA
Juris Doctor, May 1995, Master of Business Administration, May 1996
Boston University
Boston, MA
Bachelor of Arts, Classical Civilization and Psychology, May 1990
Seton Hall University School of Law
Health Law and Policy Program
Newark, NJ
Master of Laws, LL.M. in Health Law, June 1999 (First Graduating Class in the LL.M. Program)