Berit G. Fitzsimmons

Associate

Berit Fitzsimmons assists clients in high-stakes complex commercial litigation across a wide range of industries. Berit has experience litigating contract disputes, class actions, trademark matters, constitutional challenges, and more. She has advised major media companies and online platforms facing claims with reputational and financial consequences, helping shape strategy from investigation through appeal. Berit draws on her past role as a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice, where she drafted and argued briefs for felony appeals in the California appellate courts.

Credentials
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Education

  • J.D. Yale Law School 2016
    • Editor, Yale Law Journal
    • Case worker, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
    • Research assistant, Professor John Witt
  • B.A. Government and Economics The College of William & Mary 2010
    • James Monroe Scholar

Bar Admissions

  • California