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Diana L. Fitzgerald (XXXX) is an American business attorney and litigator, specializing in handling cases in General Practice, Commercial, Defective and Dangerous Products, Appeals, and Personal Injury. Fitzgerald serves as a senior partner and founder of the firm, Fitzgerald & Isaacson, LLP, with over 27 years of experience. She has been featured on many media platforms such as The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Reuters, The Miami Herald, The New York Times, and more.

Career
Diana Fitzgerald is licensed to practice law in Florida, California, New York and District of Columbia, applying her expertise across the nation. In addition to being admitted to the Florida, California and New York state courts, she is also admitted to practice in the District of Columbia Superior Courts, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Fitzgerald has represented a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startup companies, as well as investors, entrepreneurs, business professionals, and others. She specializes in business litigation in federal and state courts, and has significant experience in unfair competition claims, transactions relating to commercial closings, corporate agreements, employment law, and insurance premium financing. Fitzgerald also has a large amount of experience in serving as general counsel; some clients she has counseled include all types of real estate properties as well as companies in the manufacturing and service industries.

Education
Fitzgerald was born in Buffalo, New York, and graduated with degrees from both Binghampton University and the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California. During her time in law school, she participated as an active member of the Moot Court Honors Program, and was the Western Regional Winner for the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Prior to the start of her career, she also interned for the Court of Appeal of the State of California.

Community Service
Over the course of her career, Fitzgerald continues to serve in multiple positions for her community such as being a member of the Board of Directors for the Zoo Miami Foundation. She also served for ten years on the executive committee board for Special Olympics of Miami-Dade, Florida. Benefitting the Special Olympics, Fitzgerald helped found and plan the 3rd and 4th Annual Fashion Show with Saks Fifth Avenue and the Annual Inspiration 5k Run. She also volunteers with other non profits, such as mentoring with Volunteers In Parole.