George C. Landrith is the President of the Frontiers of Freedom Institute, a position he has held since 1998. The institute is a conservative public policy think tank founded by retired United States Senator Malcolm Wallop

Malcolm Wallop

Malcolm Wallop was a Republican politician and former three-term United States Senator from Wyoming.-Early years:...

 (R-Wyoming).

Education

Landrith is a 1988 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The law school maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program...

, where he earned a Juris Doctor and was Business Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Politics. He graduated in 1985, magna cum laude, from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 earning a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 studying political science and economics.

Professional and political experience

Landrith is a member of the bar

Bar association

A bar association is a professional body of lawyers. Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their jurisdiction; others are professional organizations dedicated to serving their members; in many cases, they are both...

 in Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 and California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

In 1994 and 1996, Mr. Landrith was the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 candidate for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 from Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District

Virginia's 5th congressional district

Virginia's fifth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. It covers all or part of Greene, Campbell, Bedford, Albermarle, Nelson, Fluvanna, Buckingham, Cumberland, Appomattox, Prince Edward, Charlotte, Lunenburg, Franklin, Henry,...

. In 1994, he lost by 6% to then-incumbent L.F. Payne

Lewis F. Payne, Jr.

Lewis Franklin Payne, Jr. is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served the of the state, which covers much of Southside Virginia....

 (D-Va). Election analyst and pundit Larry Sabato

Larry Sabato

Larry Joseph Sabato is an American political scientist and analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and director of its Center for Politics. He founded Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and...

 described both candidates as follows: "Payne lacks the charisma that Landrith exudes on television and in debates."

In 1996, Payne retired from Congress and conservative Virginia State Senator Virgil Goode

Virgil Goode

Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. , is an American politician, last serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 5th congressional district of Virginia from 1997 to 2009...

 ran as the Democratic candidate. Goode’s State Senate district had made up approximately 25% of the Fifth Congressional District, which helped him win the 1996 Congressional election. In 2000, Goode withdrew from the Democratic Party and became an independent who caucused with the Republicans. In 2002, Goode officially became a Republican.

Landrith served on the Albemarle County School Board (Virginia) from 1992-1995. While serving on the board, Landrith developed a strong reputation for fiscal responsibility, educational reforms that focused on accountability and curriculum content, and parental rights.

In 1996, Landrith was appointed by then Governor George F. Allen and confirmed by the Virginia General Assembly

Virginia General Assembly

The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, established on July 30, 1619. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members,...

 to serve on the Virginia Workforce 2000 Advocacy Council. As an adjunct professor at the George Mason University School of Law

George Mason University School of Law

George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...

, Mr. Landrith has taught constitutional law, appellate advocacy, and legal writing.

Before joining Frontiers of Freedom, Landrith was the vice president and general counsel of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest

National Legal Center for the Public Interest

AEI Legal Center for the Public Interest was formed when the National Legal Center for the Public Interest was merged into the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute in September 2007...

 (1996 to 1998). Prior to 1996, Landrith had a successful law practice in business law, litigation, and commercial transactions.

Media appearances

Mr. Landrith has appeared frequently on television and radio news programs, including ABC Nightly News, CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News

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, NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News

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, Meet the Press

Meet the Press

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 (NBC), This Week with George Stephanopoulos

George Stephanopoulos

George Robert Stephanopoulos is an American television journalist and a former political advisor.Stephanopoulos is most well known as the chief political correspondent for ABC News – the news division of the broadcast television network ABC – and a co-anchor of ABC News's morning news...

 (ABC), The O’Reilly Factor (Fox News), Hannity & Colmes

Hannity & Colmes

Hannity & Colmes was a live television show on Fox News Channel in the United States, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, who respectively presented a conservative and liberal perspective. The series premiered on October 6, 1996, and the final episode aired on January 9, 2009. It was the...

 (Fox News), Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning...

 (Fox News), The Today Show

The Today Show

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 (NBC), CNN News, The Big Story with John Gibson (Fox News), Your World with Neil Cavuto

Neil Cavuto

Neil Patrick Cavuto is an American television anchor and commentator on the Fox Business Network and host of three television programs, Your World with Neil Cavuto and Cavuto on Business, both on the Fox News Channel and Cavuto on sister channel Fox Business Network.Cavuto also tapes a nightly...

 (Fox News), and The News Hour (PBS).

Mr. Landrith has also been a frequent speaker and lecturer at public policy forums and conferences in the U.S. and internationally.

Writings

Landrith’s work has been printed in over 100 newspapers across the nation, including: Washington Times, Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...

, LA Daily News, National Review

National Review

National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the...

, Sacramento Bee, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Providence Journal, and Human Events

Human Events

Human Events is a weekly American conservative magazine. It takes its name from the first sentence of the United States Declaration of Independence...

. He has been quoted in many of the nation’s leading newspapers, including: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

In 2004, Mr. Landrith published a book entitled, On Politics and Policy: Views on Freedom from an American Conservative.