Jeffrey L. Fisher

Jeffrey L. Fisher (born 1970)[1] is an American law professor and U.S. Supreme Court litigator who has argued thirty-eight cases and worked on dozens of others before the Supreme Court. He is co-director of the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

Jeffrey L. Fisher
Born1970 (age 50–51)
Leawood, Kansas, U.S.
Alma materDuke University (A.B.)
University of Michigan (J.D.)
EmployerO'Melveny & Myers
Stanford Law School
Known forSupreme Court Litigation
TitleProfessor of Law
Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

Fisher attended Duke University where he graduated cum laude in 1992 with a B.A. in English. He then went on to attend the University of Michigan Law School where he graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif with a J.D. in 1997 and worked as notes editor of the Michigan Law Review.[2] He clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit during the 1997–1998 term[2] and for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens during the 1998–1999 term.[3][4]

He was an associate and then partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle from 1999 to 2006.[5] In 2006, he became an associate professor of law at Stanford Law School. He was awarded the 2008 Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.[6][7] In 2012, he was promoted to full professor of law.

He was lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Bishop v. Oklahoma.[8][9]

Supreme Court cases argued

Personal life

He is married to Lisa Douglass, with whom he has two daughters, Eleanor and Charlotte.[2][11]

Writing

References
  1. Marquis Who's Who On the Web
  2. "Resume of Jeffrey L. Fisher" (PDF). Stanford Law School. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. "Editorial: John Paul Stevens". New York Sun. July 17, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  4. Fisher, Jeffrey L. (July 18, 2019). "Stanford Law Faculty Remember Justice Stevens". Stanford Law School Blogs. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  5. "Bio of Jeffrey L. Fisher". Davis Wright Tremaine. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  6. Chatman, Quintan (September 2008). "Defending the Rights of the Accused: Heeney Award Winner Jeffrey Fisher". NACDL.org. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  7. Holland, Jesse J. (August 3, 2010). "High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  8. Barnes, Robert (August 27, 2014). "Winning plaintiffs press Supreme Court to take up same-sex marriage cases". Washington Post. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  9. Stern, Mark Joseph (March 7, 2015). "Who Should Argue Gay Marriage at SCOTUS? There's One Obvious Choice". Slate.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  10. https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/hearinglists/HearingList-January2015.pdf
  11. Sinberg, Stan (June 2015). "Stanford's Jeffrey Fisher Brings High-Profile Issues to Supreme Court". California Lawyer. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

Sources
  • The AALS Directory of Law Teachers 2006–2007.


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