Louis K. Fisher (Lou)
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.202.879.3637
(F) +1.202.626.1700

Education

  • Yale University (J.D. 1997; B.A. summa cum laude 1993)

Bar Admissions

  • New York and District of Columbia

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Hon. José A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1999) and Law Clerk to Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (1997-1998)

Lou Fisher litigates complex facts and legal issues on behalf of corporations, legislative bodies, government officials, and other individuals. Lou's practice covers all phases of litigation, with a focus on dispositive motions and appeals, and he has filed briefs in more than a dozen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. His experience spans a variety of subjects including breach of contract, oil and gas rights, redistricting, constitutional rights, labor and employment, and antitrust.

Lou currently is representing an energy company before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and before an agency appellate board in a set of disputes with the U.S. government over ownership interests in a large oil field. He also is representing a major energy company in a set of environmental and contract disputes in Latin America. Lou recently obtained U.S. federal court decisions authorizing discovery from opposing counsel in the foreign litigation and rejecting all privilege assertions over responsive documents. Lou's experience also includes a successful defense against a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation claim, as well as a million-dollar victory for a congressman whose rights were violated when another congressman disseminated an illegal tape of a telephone conversation. Lou's trial experience includes victories on behalf of state government entities in complex voting rights litigation before special three-judge federal district courts in New York and South Carolina.

Lou is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court. He has written on voting rights law and on Supreme Court decisions in the areas of antitrust, employment discrimination, and property rights.


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