Ivan Fisher

Ivan S. Fisher (born 1943) is a New York criminal defense attorney. He represents white-collar clients and others targeted or charged in complex federal matters.fact|date=January 2008

As a young lawyer, Fisher represented the writer Jack Abbott in a murder trial. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954980,00.html Abbott Is Guilty - TIME ] ] Another of his clients was Marie Luisi, a Senior Vice President at J.Walter Thompson, amid allegations relating to the alleged theft of $30 million. [ [http://aolsvc.timeforkids.kol.aol.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922864,00.html The Godmother - TIME ] ] Fisher also represented Italian financier Michele Sindona, and served as lead counsel in the Pizza Connection Trial.fact|date=January 2008

More recently, Fisher secured the dismissal of the indictment alleging corruption and related offenses filed against Roy L. Schneider, M.D., the former governor of the United States Virgin Islands. He also won an acquittal at the trial of Demetrios Demetrios, who was alleged to have traded illegally with "black nations." [http://www-tech.mit.edu/V115/N27/three.27w.html] [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E10F93D540C758DDDAE0894DF494D81] Fisher represented Pashtun tribal chieftan Haji Ayub Afridi, whose jurisdiction covers the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan; Ayub Afridi has endured a long and complicated relationship with the United States, including a prosecution brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [ [http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL04Df01.html Asia Times: US turns to drug baron to rally support ] ]

Currently, Fisher is defending Alberto Vilar, an investor and billionaire philanthropist who was head of the asset management firm Amerindo Investment Advisors, against securities fraud charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/02/13/060213fa_fact_stewart Onward and Upward With the Arts: The Opera Lover: The New Yorker ] ] Fisher is also counsel to Haji Bashir Noorzai [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1587252-8,00.html Warlord or Druglord? - TIME ] ] , whose prosecution by the U.S. government has raised significant issues involving United States foreign policy. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/world/asia/02afghan.html?ei=5088&en=5311a28f06cf69cd&ex=1328072400&pagewanted=print An Afghan’s Path From U.S. Ally to Drug Suspect - New York Times ] ]

Fisher attended the Horace Mann School, Syracuse University and Boston University School of Law. Early in his career he was a partner of Albert Kreiger; Fisher formed his own practice in 1974.fact|date=January 2008

External links

* [http://ivanfisher.com/ Ivan Fisher Attorney at Law]
* Publication [http://www.stroock.com/SiteFiles/Pub224.pdf]
* Interviews [http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/03/09/rtr1292242.html] [http://www.nbr.com/archive/transcript/2004/transcript032604.html] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,116029,00.html] [http://in.news.yahoo.com/040221/137/2bly4.html] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15273-2005Feb10_2.html] [http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/news/news/2004/february/0223nbr.htm] [http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2004/03/20040329_a_main.asp] * Quotes: [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E1DC1E38F931A15752C0A964948260] [http://books.google.com/books?id=jrv7Ri5HC-MC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22ivan+fisher%22+i&source=web&ots=u4F4dgNIAl&sig=6OOb7l-z1ARkPEQgKc1-eHXcOVE]

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