Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, will present the University of Wisconsin Law School’s 20th Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture on Friday, April 18, at 4 p.m. in Godfrey & Kahn Hall (Room 2260).
Fitzgerald’s talk is titled "Thoughts on How the Legal System Treats Jurors."
As U.S. Attorney, Fitzgerald serves as the top federal law enforcement official for the 18-county Northern District of Illinois. He manages a staff of approximately 300 employees, including 145 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, who handle civil litigation and criminal investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, narcotics trafficking, violent crime, white-collar fraud, and other federal crimes.
Fitzgerald began his work in Chicago in 2001, prior to which he served for 13 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was Chief of the Organized Crime/Terrorism Unit, and participated in the prosecution of numerous high-profile cases involving terrorism.
Fitzgerald has received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, the Stimson Medal from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, among other awards.
The Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture at the UW Law School was established by Judge Fairchild’s former clerks as a tribute to the judge, who was an alumnus of the UW Law School Class of 1937. The event brings a distinguished member of the legal profession to the Law School to speak on a topic of importance to the profession.
Submitted by on April 18, 2008
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