Blue Bell, PA v. +1.267.419.1505
f. +1.267.419.1560
fefitzpatrick@flammlaw.com
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PRACTICE AREAS
Business Transactions & Commercial Finance
Corporate & Real Estate
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense
PRACTICE
Mr. Fitzpatrick has a wide-ranging practice which includes criminal defense, civil litigation, real estate, entertainment law and international business transactions.
In his litigation practice, Mr. Fitzpatrick focuses on defending clients who have been charged with serious federal or state crimes; representing injured plaintiffs in significant personal injury actions; and representing businesses in contractual disputes.
His transactional practice involves the negotiation, analysis, and structuring of business entities and commercial transactions. He has represented both buyers and sellers of businesses and real estate; has negotiated employment contracts for radio and television personalities, has arranged international joint ventures; and has secured agreements for United States basketball players to play in the European leagues.
INDUSTRIES
Advertising
Communications
Construction
Export/Import
Health Care
Hospitality
Real Estate
ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of California
Superior Court of New Jersey
Supreme Court of New Jersey
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Supreme Court of the United States
EDUCATION
Villanova University, JD 1985
University of California, San Diego BA 1982
ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Montgomery Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Philadelphia Area Business Leader’s Alliance
PUBLICATIONS & PUBLIC SPEAKING
“Internet Essentials for the Pennsylvania Attorney” (Bisel Publishing 2000)
Lecturer for PA Bar Institute, National Business Institute and Institute for Paralegal Education
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Negotiating and drafting agreements for the sale and purchase of multi-million dollar private businesses
- Negotiating and drafting a joint-venture and license agreement between a US-based metallurgical company and a startup company in Eastern Europe
- Negotiating the settlement of bi-coastal litigation in a years-long partnership dispute involving a multi-million dollar business, and structuring the division and reorganization of the business
- Negotiating and drafting medical practice agreements for physician groups
- Drafting HIPAA-compliant Web site privacy policies for medical practices and e-commerce sites
- Negotiating and drafting digital rights and film development agreements for entertainment companies
- Negotiating the settlement of litigation involving the breakup of a large Philadelphia law firm, and drafting the division and settlement agreement
- Performing a feasibility study for a Polish technology company interested in determining the optimum business use of its proprietary digital maps, and conducting negotiations on behalf of that company with potential partners in the US and Germany
- Negotiation & drafting of contracts for US basketball players to play in European leagues
- Negotiation and drafting a Taxi Medallion Sale Agreement for a Philadelphia cab owner
- Performing a feasibility study for a Polish technology company interested in determining the optimum business use of its proprietary digital maps, and conducting negotiations on behalf of that company with potential partners in the US and Germany
- Developing and negotiating the licensing and export of coffee products from a large regional US coffee company to an importer in Poland
- Negotiating joint-venture and license agreements between a US metallurgical company and a startup company in Eastern Europe
- Obtaining a registered US trademark for an Italian company's product tradename
- Creation of a US-based corporate entity for a foreign technology company seeking to enter the United States market
