Attorney Profile

Ms. 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 frequently provided her insights and opinions on national high-profile cases as a guest legal commentator on the Fox News Network and has also been featured on MSNBC. In addition, Ms. Fitz's legal representation has been the subject of articles in the Fulton Daily Report, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Ms. Fitz began her legal career as a judicial intern for Judge A. Harris Adams (now on the Georgia Court of Appeals), and worked in the District Attorney's Office while in law school, where she was sworn in under the Third-Year Practice Act. 

Following graduation from law school, Ms. Fitz became 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.  After working for 2 years with several high-profile federal defense attorneys, Ms. Fitz joined a Buckhead law firm as a criminal defense associate in 2006.  Taking her knowledge and experience with her, Ms. Fitz 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), antitrust violations, murder, and child pornography offenses. She has prepared motions and briefs in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, and 11th Circuits, as well as the United States Supreme Court. In addition, Ms. Fitz has successfully argued for sentencing mitigation on behalf of her clients in District Court, many times having defendants sentenced to house arrest or probation rather than prison time.  She has represented federal clients throughout Georgia, and in North Carolina and South Carolina.

On the state level, Ms. Fitz has represented clients charged with DUI, domestic violence, drug possession, and shoplifting, often times negotiating with the prosecutor for pre-trial diversion and expungement as an alternative to a guilty plea. In 2006, Ms. Fitz challenged the constitutionality of a new residency restriction law on behalf of non-violent sex offenders, which was struck down in late 2007, and has helped indigent defendants challenge their sentences and convictions in the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court.

"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."