Jeffrey L. Fisher

Jeffrey L. Fisher
Born 1970 (age 47–48)
Leawood, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater Duke University (A.B.)
University of Michigan Law School (J.D.)
Employer Davis Wright Tremaine
Stanford Law School
Known for Supreme Court Litigation
Title Professor 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. He has argued 33 and worked on dozens of other cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is co-director of the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

Fisher received a B.A. from Duke University in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1997, where he was a Notes Editor of the Michigan Law Review.[2] He was a law clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit during the 1997-98 term.[2] He clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1998-1999 term.[2]

He was an associate and then a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle from 1999 to 2006.[3] 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.[4][5] In 2012, he became a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.

He has argued before the United States Supreme Court in:

He was lead counsel for those challenging Oklahoma's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples in Bishop v. Oklahoma.[7][8]

Personal life

He is married to Lisa Douglass and they have two daughters.[2][9]

Writing

References

  1. ↑ Marquis Who's Who On the Web
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Resume of Jeffrey L. Fisher" (PDF). Stanford Law School. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bio of Jeffrey L. Fisher". Davis Wright Tremaine. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chatman, Quintan (September 2008). "Defending the Rights of the Accused: Heeney Award Winner Jeffrey Fisher". NACDL.org. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Holland, Jesse J. (August 3, 2010). "High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit". Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/hearinglists/HearingList-January2015.pdf
  7. ↑ Barnes, Robert (August 27, 2014). "Winning plaintiffs press Supreme Court to take up same-sex marriage cases". Washington Post. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Stern, Mark Joseph (March 7, 2015). "Who Should Argue Gay Marriage at SCOTUS? There's One Obvious Choice". Slate.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ 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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