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Ann Fitz has over 15 years of experience representing criminal defendants in federal court. She is a former prosecutor, and in addition to her private practice she served for 7 years as a federal Panel Attorney under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) in Atlanta and Los Angeles. She has handled numerous high-profile white collar crime, Internet-based crime and other criminal cases, including a $25 million loan modification scheme, a $12 million tax fraud scheme, a $7 million Ponzi scheme, constitutional challenges to Florida's and Georgia's sex offender registration laws, and arguing precedential cases in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. She is admitted to practice in every Federal Court in Florida, and is licensed in numerous states and other federal jurisdictions, including the United States Supreme Court. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2013, 2014 and 2016, an honor bestowed upon just 2% of all lawyers under the age of 40, and was named a "Top 10 Under 40" criminal lawyer by the National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys in 2014. In 2018 she was selected among America's Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys and in 2019 she was named a "Top 100" Criminal Defense Litigator by the Naional Trial Lawyers. She practices almost exclusively in federal court, focusing on white collar criminal defense and federal criminal appeals.
In addition to her work in the courtroom, Ms. Fitz has provided her insights and opinions as a legal commentator on the Fox News Network, CNN, HLN, MSNBC and appeared as a regular guest on truTV's In Session (formerly CourtTV) from 2009-2011. Her distinctive accomplishments in criminal defense have been featured in numerous nationally well-known publications and media outlets including Rolling Stone Magazine, Wired Magazine, CBS's primetime news magazine 48 Hours Mystery and NBC's Nightly News. She is a chapter author for the Lexis-Nexis Practice Guide: Georgia Criminal Law and has served as a seminar speaker on the topic of white collar crime.
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Posted by RH | October 01, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense
I am so grateful to have been referred to Ann
I am blessed to have been referred to Ann to deal with my situation. I had been convicted of a crime in another state and did my punitive and civil responsibility. The State of Florida did not recognize certain aspects of the completion of the judgement. Ann convinced the other state to seal the c...
Posted by anonymous | October 20, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Federal Crime
Brilliant Attorney!
Working with Ann Fitz was the best choice I could have ever made. I was facing multiple counts of federal charges, including healthcare fraud, obstruction of justice and money laundering. Ann took the time to look at the facts in my case and push back on the prosecutors to the point that I was never ...
Posted by anonymous | December 15, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes
Tough and Trustworthy
Ann is smart, knowledgeable, tough in court, and extremely trustworthy. She represented me in a federal case and did everything she said she was going to do, and then some. She gave me my options and worked to achieve the goals we set out together. I would highly recommend her.
Posted by anonymous | September 09, 2015 | Tax
Criminal Tax I would not recomend her
I hired Ann Fitz about 5 or 6 years ago to handle a criminal tax case and paid a lot of money . I now have found out that Ann Fitz inadequately did a plea agreement. Now I am facing penalty's . When I called her about it she did say that she did negotiate no civil penalty's but it was never put in t...
This client was advised of all potential consequences of his plea during a meeting in my office prior to the acceptance of the plea agreement.
Posted by M.K. | September 25, 2014
Great Attorney
Ann Fitz is very professional. Client-oriented. Willing to do everything possible under the law to protect and defend her client. Overall, she is a very direct, straightforward (no sugar-coating) attorney. She is also a very beautiful human being.
"Ann has a huge advantage over many criminal defense attorneys since she was a former D.A. "They know that she knows what they know". She is a credit to the legal community and to her clients that adore her. READ HER REVIEWS! If you are close do yourself a a favor and schedule a consultation."
"After seeing her raise issues about the trial of a local deputy, I would recommend Ms. Fitz as top notch."
Federal crime lawyer
2019
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2018
America's Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys, America's Top 100 Attorneys
2016
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2014
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2014
Top 10 Under 40, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys
2013
Rising Star, SuperLawyers
2004 - Present
Criminal Defense Attorney, Ann Fitz, Attorney at Law
2003 - 2004
Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney's Office
2021 - Present
National Association of Distinguished CounselMember
2018 - Present
Palm Beach County Bar Association
2017 - Present
Federal Bar Association, Palm Beach Chapter
2004 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
2003
JD - Juris Doctor
1999
BA
2020
Keynote Speaker
2007
Corporate Crime
2012
2007
English
Legal Guides
Criminal Defense Basics
22 Aug 2012
Finding a Job After a Criminal Conviction
22 Aug 2012