Christine R. Fitzgerald, Partner

Christine heads the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced complex commercial litigation at a large Wall Street firm from 1997 to 2004, and at a small Boston area firm from 2005 to 2007. She concentrates on counseling and representing publicly and privately held corporations, as well as entrepreneurs, in business litigation and dispute resolution.

Christine has extensive experience in matters relating to the securities and financial services industry, commercial contracts, securities fraud, trade secrets and unfair competition, corporate governance, jurisdictional issues, insolvency and creditors rights, and insurance litigation.

She regularly has delivered victories in complex business actions in federal and state courts, including the specialized commercial litigation courts in

New York and Boston, and before arbitration and mediation tribunals of the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Christine has also advised and represented public entities, including the Massachusetts Division of Insurance and the Indiana Department of Insurance in regulatory and adjudicatory proceedings relating to insurance company demutualizations and mergers.

Admitted:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of New York, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Education:
Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude

Notes Editor, Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest

Rutgers College, B.A.

Organizations:
Boston Women in Finance
Boston Women's Network

Representative Reported Matters:
United States Supreme Court brief, Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel, 1997 U.S. Briefs 42

Publications & Speaking Engagements:
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education - “Introducing and Excluding Evidence at Trial” April 2008, Featured Speaker Program Description

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