Rocky Fitzsimmons | |
State Senate: | West Virginia |
District: | 1st |
Term Start: | December 26, 2012 |
Term End: | December 1, 2014 |
Preceded: | Orphy Klempa |
Succeeded: | Ryan Ferns |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1979 |
Birthname: | Robert J. Fitzsimmons |
Birth Place: | Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Washington University in St. Louis (B.S.) Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D.) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Robert J. "Rocky" Fitzsimmons (born March 5, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the state of West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Fitzsimmons served in the West Virginia Senate for the 1st district.
Fitzsimmons attended Washington University in St. Louis, graduating with a bachelor of science magna cum laude degree in biomedical engineering. He enrolled at the Wake Forest University School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor. As an attorney, he joined the Fitzsimmons Law Firm, based in Warwood, West Virginia, with other members of his family.[1]
Fitzsimmons was appointed to the West Virginia Senate in December 2012 by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, replacing Orphy Klempa.[2]
On November 4, 2014, Fitzsimmons was defeated for reelection by Republican Delegate Ryan Ferns.