Christina Fitzgerald

Christina Fitzgerald is an associate at the Boston office of Berman Tabacco where she litigates complex civil actions seeking financial justice for consumers and investors. Christina focuses her practice on securities and complex civil litigation.

Christina is a 2021 graduate of Suffolk University Law School. While in law school, Christina interned with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in the Environmental Protection Division, where she assisted in both regulatory enforcement and consumer protection actions against entities including ExxonMobil and Bayer AG. She also served as a legal intern for the Honorable David A. Lowy of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

During law school, Christina also served as managing editor of the Suffolk Law Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy and president of the Environmental Law Society.

Prior to law school, Christina worked in political operations and communications, including tenures as campaign manager for a gubernatorial candidate and communications director for a Massachusetts state senator. Christina’s experiences prior to law school influence her contextual approach to litigation and make her a fierce writer and advocate for clients.

Christina is passionate about social justice and community involvement. During law school, she served as a student attorney with the Suffolk Law Prosecutor’s Program, working in the Juvenile Unit of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. She also served as a teaching fellow with the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project in a Boston public school.

Christina was recognized as a Rising Star in the 2024 edition of Massachusetts Super Lawyers.

Education

• Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2021)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst (B.A., Journalism and Political Science, 2014)

Experience

• Member of the team representing the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System in a federal securities class action alleging that Inotiv, Inc. and certain of its officers misled investors regarding the treatment of research beagles housed at a breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia and the risks associated with an ongoing federal criminal investigation into the importation of research primates from Asia, In re Inotiv, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 4:22-cv-00045-PPS (N.D. Ind.).
• Member of the team in complex, federal multidistrict litigation representing Massachusetts firefighters who allege injuries, including cancer and other serious illnesses, caused by the firefighters’ exposure to PFAS “forever chemicals” in turnout gear and firefighting foam, Marchetti, et al. v. 3M Co., et al., No. 1:22-cv-10251 (D. Mass.) and Babstock, et al. v. 3M Co., et al., No. 1:22-cv-11149 (D. Mass), consolidated in In re: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, No. 2:18-mn-2873-RMG (D.S.C.).
• Member of the team serving as Interim Co-Liaison Counsel representing plaintiffs in the Shields Health Care Data Breach Litigation concerning a 2022 breach of patient data maintained by Shields Health Care Group, Inc., In re Shields Health Care Group, Inc. Data Breach Litigation, No. 1:22-CV-10901-PBS (D. Mass.).

Honors & Distinctions

• Recognized as a Rising Star in the 2024 edition of Massachusetts Super Lawyers
• Inaugural Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Award – Awarded to a graduating law student whose community and pro bono contributions have supported equal justice under the law in the spirit of the late Chief Justice (2021)
• Irving R. Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court Competition, Semifinalist (2021)
• Walter H. McLaughlin Appellate Advocacy Competition, Finalist (2019)

Admissions

• State Bar of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Associate Editor and Podcast Producer)
• Federal Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association

Education

• Old South Church, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Core Team Member
• Pan Mass Challenge, Team Rider