He served as co-counsel in civil cases brought by passengers injured and families of those who died in the Amtrak 188 derailment, and, per his firm, he played a role in establishing the $265 million settlement program, which is among the largest in railway history. Fitzgerald also was co-counsel on a case brought against a security company by the families of two women killed at a Kraft Foods plant in Northeast Philly. He was named a 2017 Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and is an alum of Penn Law, where he graduated cum laude. Before joining Kline & Specter, PC, Fitzgerald was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, D.C., where he represented corporate clients. He's also a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.