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 David
A. Fitzsimons
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Practice Areas
David A. Fitzsimons has been practicing law in central Pennsylvania since 1984.
His practice touches all aspects of dispute resolution, representing individuals
and companies in contract and business disputes, with emphasis on construction,
business operation/succession, employment, land use and estate-related
litigation. Over the past ten years, he has served as a court-appointed
and privately retained mediator for the successful resolution of numerous
disputes in the areas of Commercial Contract, Construction, Employment
Law, Business Succession and Personal Injury. Mr. Fitzsimons also serves
as an Arbitrator, both on court-appointed panels and as a privately retained
neutral.
Professional Activities
Mr. Fitzsimons is a member of the Cumberland County, Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania, and American Bar Associations. He is
the current Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s
Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility,
and he is an active member of the PBA’s Alternative
Dispute Resolution Committee. He also serves as Chair of
the Cumberland County Bar Association’s ADR and Fee
Dispute Committees. Additionally, he is a Master Emeritus
with the James S. Bowman American Inn of Court in Harrisburg,
and he is a Master with the Cumberland County Inn of Court
in Carlisle.
Mr. Fitzsimons is a member of the Certified Mediator Panels
for the United States Courts of the Middle District of Pennsylvania,
the Cumberland County Bar Association Panel of Mediators and
Arbitrators, and Dauphin County Bar Association Mediators Panel.
In addition to admission to all courts of Pennsylvania, he
is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Middle
and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District
of Wisconsin, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the
U.S. Supreme Court. Since 1994, he has served as an advocacy
adjunct instructor at The Dickinson School of Law and as an
advisor to several moot court teams.
Education
Mr. Fitzsimons holds a B.S. in International Studies (1980) from Washington
College in Chestertown, Maryland, and earned his law degree at The Dickinson
School of Law (1984).
Publications and Presentations
Mr. Fitzsimons is the author of, "In
Recession Mediation Provides Valuable Options to Disputants," published in the
July 13, 2009 issue of The Legal Intelligencer.
He also authored the article, Pennsylvania
Construction Code Act, which was presented at the Municipal Law Colloquium of
the Pennsylvania Bar Institute in May of 2003.
Mr. Fitzsimons frequently lectures on topics pertaining to
construction, municipal law and legal ethics at the Pennsylvania
Bar Institute and local county bar associations. Additionally,
he has served as a presenter on behalf of the PBI for “Bridge
The Gap,” a Supreme Court-mandated program for incoming
Pennsylvania lawyers. His speaking experience includes appearances
as a guest lecturer before undergraduate and law school classes. |
