Jeffrey L. Fisher

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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

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.

Legal career[]

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.[citation needed]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b c "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.

External links[]


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