Brian Timothy Fitzpatrick (born May 9, 1975) is an American academic and lawyer.
Fitzpatrick joined Vanderbilt University Law School in 2007 after spending time as a John M.
Olin Fellow at the New York University School of Law.
He has clerked for Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Between his time as a clerk and professor, Fitzpatrick worked as an associate in Sidley Austin's Washington, D.C.
office and as Special Counsel for Supreme Court Nominations to Senator John Cornyn.
He teaches several courses at Vanderbilt, including Federal Courts and a seminar on the relationship between judges and politics.
Fitzpatrick received the Fay Diploma for finishing first in his class at Harvard Law School in 2000.
He received a Bachelor of Science in 1997 from the University of Notre Dame where he was the first runner up to Valedictorian.