Faculty Profile

Lynn McHale Fitzpatrick is a principal of the law firm of Franklin & Prokopik, where she is a resident in the firm’s Herndon, Virginia office. She concentrates her practice in the area of civil litigation, especially the defense of state workers’ compensation cases. Prior to joining Franklin & Prokopik, Ms. Fitzpatrick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Fortkort (retired) of the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. Ms. Fitzpatrick has lectured extensively on issues of law and procedure involving workers’ compensation issues. She is admitted to practice before all state courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Larson’s Workers’ Compensation National Advisory Board and was named to the Best Lawyers list for workers’ compensation. In 2018, Ms. Fitzpatrick was elected a Fellow to the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.