{"id":27,"date":"2023-12-22T10:51:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/857578\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2023-12-22T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:53:15","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/857578\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/857578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/author.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/857578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/author.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/857578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/author.jpg 568w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/AuthorHouse\/857578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/author-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a>George Waas is a former newspaper reporter and a retired 50-year member of the Florida Bar. He spent 32 years as a lawyer with the State of Florida, the last 24 with the Florida Attorney General\u2019s Office. An award-winning lawyer, he argued cases at every level of the federal and Florida judiciary, including the United States Supreme Court. This is his eleventh book, all published by AuthorHouse and are available from the publisher, as well as from Barnes and Noble and Amazon. He is married to Harriet Issner Waas and has two daughters, Lani (Hudgins) and Amy (Kinsey), and four grandchildren, Hailey and Kelsie (Lani) and Avery and Connor (Amy).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Waas is a former newspaper reporter and a retired 50-year member of the Florida Bar. He spent 32 years as a lawyer with the State of Florida, the last 24 with the Florida Attorney General\u2019s Office. 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