Melanie A. FitzGerald

Melanie A. Fitzgerald

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MELANIE A. FITZGERALD is a partner at LH&M. During law school, Melanie was a Senior Bar Member of St. John’s Moot Court. She spent her second summer of law school as an intern for the Honorable Robert John Hall at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. Upon graduation from law school, Melanie returned to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York and served as a Career Law Clerk for more than fifteen (15) years for members of the Judiciary of the Bankruptcy Court. She had the privilege of working for the Hon. Robert John Hall, the Hon. Edward J. Ryan, the Hon. Francis G. Conrad, the Hon. Conrad B. Duberstein, and the Hon. Stan Bernstein. Melanie has been a guest lecturer for the Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations.

Education

  • J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 1990
  • B.A., cum laude, St. John’s University, 1985

Bar Admissions

  • Courts of the State of New York
  • Courts of the State of Connecticut
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
  • United States District Court for Connecticut

Honors & Affiliations

  • Co-Chair of the E.D.N.Y. Central Islip Consumer Lawyers’ Advisory Committee (2016-2023)
  • Vice-Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association (2016-2019 terms)
  • Student Mentor with the Nassau County Bar Association
  • Who’s Who in Professional Women, Long Island Business News (2012)

Professional Associations

  • Nassau County Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
 
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