Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Fitzsimons practices in the areas of fiduciary litigation, estate and trust administration, and estate planning. He represents corporate and individual fiduciaries and beneficiaries in fiduciary litigation matters, including surcharge actions against fiduciaries, will and trust contests, restructuring trusts, managing fiduciary risk, and adult guardianship litigation.

Mr. Fitzsimons has contributed articles to numerous publications, including Probate and Property, Estate Planning, Trusts & Investments, and the Leimberg Services newsletters, and has served on the editorial board and was a monthly columnist for Wealth Management Business magazine. He is also the author of Trust Administration and Estate Planning, published by the American Bankers Association, and Administration of Trusts published by Virginia CLE. He is a frequent lecturer across the country on fiduciary litigation and trust and estate topics. He has been quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today and CNBC.

He is a member of the American Bar Association where he has served on the CPR/SOC Joint Committee on Ethics and Professionalism, Task Force on Patenting Legal Strategies, and is currently the vice chair of the Probate and Fiduciary Litigation Committee and the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section representative on the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. He also is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, currently serves on its Trusts and Estates Legislative Committee, and has served as Trusts and Estates Executive Council. He is the former chair of the Wills for Heroes Program and former member of the Young Lawyers Division Executive Council. He is a member of the Richmond Trust Administrator's Council.

Mr. Fitzsimons also performs regularly as a jazz drummer throughout Virginia.