He graduated from Philadelphia's Central High School[1] and earned his economics and law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
After his military duty, he accepted a job offer from Tom McBride who had just been elected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
This led to a merger with Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen where Gittis eventually became managing partner.
He continued in a consulting capacity to Wolf Block for a few years after he relocated to New York with MacAndrews & Forbes, a holding company owned by Ronald Perelman.
Gittis also acted as an adviser for the politician Frank Rizzo, whom he successfully defended from an attempted recall.