Daniel Fitzgerald

DANIEL B. FITZGERALD is a principal of Brody Wilkinson PC and a member of the firm’s Business & Finance, Dispute Resolution and Probate Litigation Groups. His practice is primarily focused in the areas of employment and human resources law, outside general counsel services and probate litigation. Dan began his legal career as a litigator and continues to litigate select matters for clients. In all matters, Dan endeavors to apply his litigation experience to assess risk and proactively resolve problems for his clients.

In his employment practice, Dan focuses on counseling employers and family offices on all aspects of human resources and employment law and representing executive-level employees in contract and severance negotiations. Dan handles a wide range of employment matters, including executive compensation, non-solicitation and non-compete covenants, employment handbooks, hiring and discharge issues, workplace investigations and state and federal law compliance. In addition, he frequently assists clients in select employment litigation matters.

Dan also provides outside general counsel services to various business clients, including those in the sports, health and fitness, and manufacturing industries. In this role, he assists clients in connection with risk and litigation management, contracts and general business matters, trademark protection, and corporate governance and compliance.

Dan is an avid writer, having created and published Connecticut Sports Law, a blog covering the intersection of sports and the law. He most recently published an article in Primerus Paradigm titled “Today’s Use of Social Media Blurs Lines with Non-Solicitation Covenants.” Dan is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney. He was recognized by “Connecticut Super Lawyers” as a “Rising Star” in the areas of Employment and Labor, Business/Corporate and Entertainment and Sports from 2009 to 2017. Dan is admitted to practice in Connecticut and the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and is the former chair of its Sports and Entertainment Law Section. Prior to joining Brody Wilkinson, he practiced at the Connecticut-based law firm of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.

Dan received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2005, where he was an associate editor of the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Fairfield University in 1999, where he currently remains involved by supporting the University’s St. Robert Bellarmine Pre-Law Society.