Gerald Fisher

Gerald I. Fisher is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1][2]

Gerald Fisher
Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
January 15, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRichard A. Levie
Personal details
BornNewport News, Virginia
EducationCollege of William and Mary (B.A.)
Columbus School of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Fisher earned his Bachelor of Arts from College of William and Mary in 1972 and his Juris Doctor from Columbus School of Law in 1978.

After graduating, he clerked for judge J. Walter Yeagley of the D.C. Court of Appeals.[2]

D.C. Superior Court

President Bill Clinton nominated Fisher on June 26, 2000, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Richard A. Levie.[3] On September 13, 2000, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On September 27, 2000, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On October 26, 2000, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[4] He was sworn in on January 15, 2001. Fisher was submitted for an reappointment in November, 2015 under President Barack Obama.[5]

Academia

Fisher is a lecturer for Georgetown’s Continuing Legal Education program and has been a faculty member for the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, the California Western University Law School Criminal Trial Advocacy Program, and the Santa Clara University Death Penalty College. He also has taught Evidence at the Peking University School of Transnational Law. Additionally, he has been an adjunct professor at the Law Center since spring 1987.[6]

References
  1. "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  3. "President Clinton Names Gerald Fisher and Tamar Meekins to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  4. "PN1124 - Nomination of Gerald Fisher for The Judiciary, 106th Congress (1999-2000)". www.congress.gov. 2000-10-26. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  5. "Honorable Gerald I. Fisher Reappointment Report". Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. "Gerald I. Fisher". Georgetown Law. Retrieved 3 February 2021.


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