John I. (Jack) Fitzgerald received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1969 and Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1972. Early in his career he was engaged in the general practice of law in the trial courts of Essex, Suffolk and Middlesex Counties. He began his 40-year career in financial services as Chief of Enforcement at the Massachusetts Securities Division and has previously held senior legal and compliance management positions at Fidelity Investments, Boston Stock Exchange and American General Funds Distributors. He retired in September 2020 after 18 years as a Managing Director at SVB Leerink LLC, an investment banking firm specializing in healthcare and life sciences.
Active in regulatory affairs, Jack was elected twice to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Small Firm Advisory Board representing more than 1000 broker-dealers along the eastern seaboard and served a four-year term as one of six industry representatives on FINRA’s National Arbitration and Mediation Committee. He previously was appointed to Citizen Advisory Committees by Mayors Menino and Walsh for development projects in the city’s West End and Back Bay/South End. He is currently a Trustee of the Boston Latin School Association.
As an Access to Justice Fellow, Jack will volunteer with Lawyers Clearinghouse and the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission to pilot a program with the Massachusetts Land Court where he and volunteer attorneys from partner law firms screen, triage, provide limited assistance representation and/or fully represent property owners appearing in the tax title session.