Gerald Fisher Explained

Gerald Fisher
Office:	Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Term Start:	2022
Office1:	Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
President1:	Bill Clinton
Term Start1:	January 15, 2001
Term End1:	August 31, 2022
Predecessor1:	Richard A. Levie
Successor1:	Tanya Jones Bosier
Birth Date:	14 July 1950
Birth Place:	Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Education:	College of William and Mary (BA) Columbus School of Law (JD)

Gerald I. Fisher (born July 14, 1950)^[1] is a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He served an associate judge between 2001 and 2022.^{[2] [3]}

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.

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.^[4] 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.^[5] He was sworn in on January 15, 2001. Fisher was submitted for an reappointment in November, 2015 under President Barack Obama.^[6] Fisher retired on August 31, 2022 and is now serving as a senior judge.^[7]

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.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental . Nominations of John Ramsey Johnson and Gerald I. Fisher: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session on the Nominations of Johm Ramsey Johnson and Gerald I. Fisher to be Associate Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia . September 13, 2000 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 28 . en.
2. Web site: District of Columbia Superior Court Judges. www.dccourts.gov. January 1, 2020.
3. Web site: Bio . www.dccourts.gov. en. January 1, 2020.
4. Web site: President Clinton Names Gerald Fisher and Tamar Meekins to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia . clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov. 2020-01-02.
5. Web site: PN1124 - Nomination of Gerald Fisher for The Judiciary, 106th Congress (1999-2000). 2000-10-26. www.congress.gov. 2020-01-02.
6. Web site: Honorable Gerald I. Fisher Reappointment Report . Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure . 3 February 2021.
7. Web site: Notice of Judicial Vacancies on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia . 2022-07-16 . jnc.dc.gov.
8. Web site: Gerald I. Fisher . Georgetown Law . 3 February 2021.