About

Donald Paul Fitzgerald III is a lawyer in Coconut Grove, Florida who specializes in commercial and consumer litigation, focusing on consumer rights and corporate legal matters. Don Fitzgerald is a dedicated lawyer who practices in the area of commercial and consumer litigation in Coconut Grove, Florida. He is passionate about advocating for the rights of consumers who have been subjected to unfair credit reporting, harassment from debt collectors, and foreclosure on their homes. Don aggressively fights for consumers’ rights using various laws such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act, and Florida Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Don attended college at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, a renowned training school for Merchant Marine and Naval Officers. He then went on to law school at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he excelled as a teaching assistant in legal research and writing, a tutor for contract law, and received a book award for property law. Starting his legal career as a summer associate and litigator at the prestigious AMLAW 200 firm Shutts & Bowen in Miami, Don gained valuable experience before moving to the corporate world. He served as General Counsel of OSI Portfolio Services in Atlanta, overseeing corporate litigation, advising senior management on legal issues, and negotiating a wide variety of contracts and agreements. Today, Don represents consumers facing abuses from unscrupulous corporate actors, as well as various businesses in transactional and litigation matters. His extensive experience at both the consumer and corporate levels allows him to analyze his clients’ problems, anticipate legal challenges, and develop practical solutions for moving forward, whether through litigation, negotiation, or another approach. Don is admitted to practice in Florida and Georgia, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta. He resides in Palmetto Bay, Florida with his wife and two sons.

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Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Consumer Law

Class Action, Lemon Law

Foreclosure Defense

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

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