Lecturer in Law
Chad Fitzgerald is a Lecturer at UCLA School of Law and teaches Entertainment Law (Law 305). He is currently a partner at Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP where he practices entertainment litigation and transactions.
Mr. Fitzgerald received his B.A. with distinction in English Literature at Yale University and his J.D. at UCLA. While in law school, he externed for the Honorable J. Spencer Letts of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, and volunteered with the HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance. Prior to joining KHIKS in 2007, he worked in the Business and Legal Affairs department of Universal Pictures, and he began his legal practice at Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP.
Mr. Fitzgerald has written articles and/or been quoted on legal issues in the entertainment industry for publications such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, The Wrap, E! Online, and the Daily Journal, and regularly appears on panels and seminars discussing entertainment law. He has been named a “Power Lawyer” by The Hollywood Reporter, a member of the “Legal Impact Report” and one of “Hollywood’s New Leaders” by Variety, a “Super Lawyer,” one of the “Best Lawyers in America,” and one of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Leaders of Influence.” He sits on the Advisory Board for UCLA School of Law’s Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law.