Patrick Fitzgerald

Overview

Patrick has extensive consumer class-action and commercial-litigation experience, representing clients in federal and state court and in arbitration. He has successfully defended companies against putative class actions and individual lawsuits involving a variety of state and federal statutes, including the TCPA, FDCPA, and state privacy statutes. He also has insurance-coverage experience and has helped clients secure indemnity despite broad exclusions.

Patrick is experienced in all stages of litigation, from case assessment through trial and appeals, and has significant experience handling injunctive-relief matters, including briefing complex issues on an expedited basis to secure emergency relief. His results include a first-in-the-nation ruling that CIPA consent can be implied from the circumstances, injunctive relief for a Fortune 50 company in a trade-secret action, and a multi-million-dollar award for an airline security contractor in a COVID-era contract dispute.

Prior to joining WT, Patrick clerked for two federal judges: Judge Dudley H. Bowen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia and Judge Lisa Ritchey Craig of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He attended Florida State University College of Law, where he graduated first in his class, served on the FSU Law Review editorial board as an Articles Editor, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Prior to law school, he graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree in history.