Emily A. Fitzgerald focuses her practice on appellate law and commercial litigation. She has represented a variety of clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court, and various federal and state courts of appeal. Emily also has extensive trial and arbitration experience before various courts and tribunals.
Emily is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Emily’s issues and appeals practice includes collaborating with trial teams throughout all stages of litigation by preparing and arguing dispositive motions, motions in limine, jury charges, and post-trial matters, as well as consulting on error preservation. Emily also maintains a trial practice focused on complex commercial disputes and oil and gas matters involving, among other issues, lease-termination and title actions, royalty disputes, and midstream litigation.
Before joining the firm, she clerked for the Hon. Jeffrey S. Boyd of the Supreme Court of Texas and the Hon. Lavenski R. Smith, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
She earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, where she served as editor in chief of The Review of Litigation.
