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Robert E. Fitzgerald, Jr.

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Robert E. Fitzgerald, Jr. leverages his more than 35 years of experience to help clients with general corporate and real estate transactions.  He represents small- to medium-sized businesses from formation to disposition. He has represented the Kansas City Public Library for more than 20 years.

Mr. Fitzgerald helps clients in business transactions ranging from corporate acquisitions to regulatory enforcement.  In recent years, he has handled major business acquisitions and sales with such diverse projects as real estate general partnerships, construction business sales, statutory reorganizations of Missouri political subdivisions and real estate venture formations.
 
Mr. Fitzgerald held a clerkship with the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis in 1973.

 

Chambers USA, the world's leading guide to the legal profession, has included Mr. Fitzgerald's in their rankings for the last eight years, most recently in 2011. In interviews with Mr. Fitzgerald's clients during research for the rankings, remarks made about his work at the firm include: "Robert Fitzgerald is lauded as 'a hard-working and pragmatic corporate/M&A team player with an affable client manner.'"

Memberships and Affiliations

  •   The Missouri Bar
    • The President's Award for "Outstanding Contributions" to the Missouri Bar.
  • American Bar Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the National Association of Securities Dealers

Distinctions

  • Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A and Real Estate (Kansas City & Surrounds), 2003-2013
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010-2013
    • Corporate Law
    • Real Estate Law

Publications & Presentations

2011
2011 Health Care Regulatory Update
Journal of Missouri Bar - Authored for more than 17 years