Previously, LaKritz was appointed by U.S. President George W. Bush as Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of United States Treasury, and named by the Wall Street Journal to its Future of Finance Initiative, a bipartisan group of high-ranking economic policy officials from five U.S. presidential administrations.

The eldest of three siblings and only son of a prominent Michigan attorney and former kindergarten teacher, LaKritz attended Andover High School, where he was a three-sport varsity athlete in baseball, hockey, and golf.

On his return to Emory University in 1996, LaKritz was honored as a Dean's Teaching Fellow for his legal scholarship on Chinese law and philosophy.

In 2001, LaKritz was appointed by U.S. President George W. Bush as Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the United States Treasury, a senior U.S. economic policymaking role.

In March 2009, he was named by the Wall Street Journal to its Future of Finance Initiative, along with other senior-ranking economic officials from five prior United States Presidential administrations.

After purchasing its first property at 1525 9th Street NW, the historic home of Watha T. Daniel, the company grew rapidly during the first decade of the twenty-first century.