Attorney Ann Fitz focuses her practice exclusively on criminal defense and appellate work. She has handled many high-profile cases and specializes in federal white collar crime. 

Ms. Fitz's interest in criminal law began when she served as a juror on a vehicular homicide case while in college. The experience left her with a unique third-person perspective that she successfully utilizes in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a case, and in developing viable theories of defense.

Ms. Fitz has been frequently called upon to provide her insights and opinions as a guest legal commentator on the Fox News Network, CNN, HLN's Prime News and Nancy Grace, MSNBC and appears as a regular guest on truTV's In Session (formerly CourtTV). Her legal representation has been the subject of articles in the Fulton Daily Report, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Wired Magazine. In addition, she has been featured on various local news outlets such as WXIA-11Alive, WSB-TV and AM 750, as well as on CBS's primetime news magazine 48 Hours Mystery and NBC's Nightly News.

Ms. Fitz began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Georgia, prosecuting felonies.  Disheartened by the overzealousness of her colleagues and unbalanced treatment of defendants, Ms. Fitz decided to switch to criminal defense and founded The Federal Law Group in 2007.

Ms. Fitz's federal experience encompasses drug trafficking conspiracies, white collar crime (including mail fraud, wire fraud, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, bankruptcy fraud, immigration fraud, money laundering, and embezzlement), RICO and antitrust violations. She has represented federal clients in District Court throughout Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and New York.

On the state level, Ms. Fitz has represented clients charged with a wide range of offenses, including DUI, domestic violence, drug possession, embezzlement, RICO, mortgage fraud, and shoplifting, often times negotiating with the prosecutor for pre-trial diversion and expungement as an alternative to a conviction. 

Always one to fight for the underdog, Ms. Fitz has helped a number of convicted defendants challenge their sentences and convictions in the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court, as well as the Federal Courts of Appeals.  She has prepared motions and briefs in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, and 11th Circuits, as well as the United States Supreme Court. 

Ms. Fitz's work has been instrumental in amending Georgia's sex offender registration law and establishing a clear definition of what constitutes criminal liability in federal child pornography cases.  She is a recognized expert in internet and computer crimes cases.

"Everyone deserves justice, regardless of the crime they are charged with," Ms. Fitz explains. "Our nation was founded on that principle, and the Constitution guarantees it."

Education:

Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 2003
J.D.

Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, 1999
B.A.
Double-Major:  English/Communications

Bar Admissions:

Georgia, 2003

New York, 2010

Georgia Court of Appeals, 2004

Supreme Court of Georgia, 2004

U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2006

U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2007

U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2009

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2006

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court, 2008

 

 

Areas of Practice:

 

Criminal Defense

Appeals

All Types of Fraud

All Types of Theft

Antitrust Violations

Bank Fraud

Bankruptcy Fraud

Child Pornography

Computer Internet Crimes

Counterfeiting

Criminal Law

Domestic Violence

Drug Crimes

DUI/DWI

Embezzlement

Expungements

Federal Appellate Work

Federal Crimes

Immigration Fraud

Juvenile Crimes

Mail Fraud

Money Laundering

Mortgage Fraud

RICO

Shoplifting

Tax Fraud

White Collar Crimes

Wire Fraud