Member • Member-in-charge, Plymouth Meeting
Mark is an experienced labor and employment attorney who represents school districts and other education entities throughout Pennsylvania. His practice focuses on collective bargaining, labor relations, employment disputes, and regulatory compliance affecting public school employers.
He serves as chief negotiator for numerous school districts in collective bargaining with professional and support staff unions. Mark also represents education clients in labor and employment disputes before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as in state and federal courts. As solicitor and general counsel to several school entities, he regularly advises school administrators and boards on employment matters, contracts, governance issues, and policy development.
Before joining the firm, Mark handled labor and employment matters for education entities at a Philadelphia-area law firm.
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Mark Fitzgerald has been appointed as member-in-charge of McNees’ Plymouth Meeting office, effective July 1. As the Plymouth Meeting office’s first member-in-charge, Mark will focus on shaping its culture, strengthening ties across the firm, and deepening McNees’ presence in the greater Philadelphia region, from building relationships with the local business community to ensuring the office […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (April 1, 2026) – Growing its footprint in southeastern Pennsylvania, McNees Wallace & Nurick has welcomed the former 24-person education law group of Fox Rothschild, including 18 attorneys, to the firm – making it the largest number of new team members to join McNees at once in the firm’s history. Anchoring the firm’s […]
Counsels public and private employers on labor and employment matters. Advises healthcare entities on compliance, risk management, privacy, and HIPAA.
Defends discrimination claims, advises on labor relations, counsels on union matters, and assists with immigration issues, including DHS and ICE investigations.
Leads McNees as firm chair. Represents employers in union negotiations and labor arbitration. Advises on all workforce issues, focusing on manufacturing and education.
Represents employers in employment-related litigation before federal and state governmental agencies and state and federal courts. Advises on employment practices, employee relations and employment law compliance.
