Mr. Fitzgerald is an accomplished class action attorney who has been appointed class counsel in numerous cases, helped victimized consumers recover tens of millions of dollars, and convinced dozens of companies to change their harmful practices.

 

He is especially recognized for his expertise in food litigation. For example, Mr. Fitzgerald has been a multi-year member of the Steering Committee of the Cambridge Forum on Plaintiffs' Food Fraud Litigation. He has also been a panelist at the University of California Los Angeles's International Food Law Conference, the Consumer Brands of America Legal Forum, and the RE:FORUMULATE Conference. Mr. Fitzgerald has also been featured on Good Morning America, and in the New York Times.

 

Mr. Fitzgerald is also an accomplished appellate advocate. For example, his efforts briefing and arguing the case led the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an important, pro-consumer decision in Reid v. Johnson & Johnson, 780 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 2015).

 

Prior to starting Fitzgerald Monroe Flynn, Mr. Fitzgerald was a litigation associate in the New York office of Baker Hostetler LLP, then a patent litigation associate with Palo Alto office of Mayer Brown LLP. He is admitted to practice before numerous federal and district courts throughout the country, as well as the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits.

 

Education

• New York University School of Law, J.D. (2004)

  • Editor, Law Review

• Cornell University, B.A. in American Studies, magna cum laude (2001)

 

Admissions

• California (2008)

• New York (2005)

 

Contact

Email: jfitzgerald@fmfpc.com

Direct: (619) 215-1742