Matthew Fitzsimmons

Attended University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating in May 2013. Prior to attending law school, I earned a Masters in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, where I also worked for the Ohio Department of Education. I earned a Bachelors (B.A.) from the University of Dayton, studying Philosophy, in 2005. Experience: While in law school, I completed a fellowship with the Ohio Innocence Project, which works to prove actual innocence for a select number of Ohio inmates who may have been wrongfully convicted. During my third year in law school, I worked as a law clerk for the Cincinnati Financial Corporation, in Fairfield. While there, I supported a team of attorneys in litigation. After graduation, I worked for a boutique firm specializing in commercial real estate tax appeals, appearing before county Boards of Revision and the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals. Affiliations: Licensed to practice in Ohio and before U.S. Federal Court for the Southern District of Ohio, I am a member of the Ohio State and Cincinnati Bar Associations.