Louis K. Fisher
51 Louisiana Avenue NorthWest, Washington, DC 20001
About Louis K. Fisher
Practice Areas
- Appellate
- Federal
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1997J.D.
- Yale University, 1993B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Representative Cases
- Appellate court grants appointment of counsel in civil rights case (2009)
- Arizonans for Fair and Legal Redistricting defend Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission plans
- California Republican Party obtains summary judgment in federal challenge to constitutionality of state redistricting plans
- Chevron files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court case involving joint venture "loyalty rules"
- Chevron prevails in U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case involving joint venture pricing (2006)
- Chevron pursues arbitration to enforce contractual right to indemnification against Petroecuador (2009)
- Chevron victorious in challenge to Hawaii statute capping rent collected from lessee gas stations as Takings Clause violation
- City of Jackson Mississippi appeals disparate impact claims in age discrimination case to U.S. Supreme Court
- Colorado General Assembly petitions U.S. Supreme Court to review Colorado decision invalidating redistricting plan
- Colorado voters challenge constitutionality of Colorado's voting district map in U.S. Supreme Court
- Congressman wins favorable summary judgment and damages in suit over the disclosure of an illegally recorded tape (2009)
- Florida Senator McKay secures dismissal of litigation over congressional redistricting plan under Voting Rights Act
- International Mass Retail Association and American Chemistry Council file amicus curiae brief
- Intervenors successfully oppose federal court injunction against use of North Carolina court's redistricting plan
- Kaiser Aluminum appeals ALJ decision involving unfair labor practice
- Kaiser Aluminum challenges NLRB conclusion that it unlawfully locked out employees after strike
- Mexican client wins U.S. asylum
- Michigan Republican Party successfully intervenes to defend congressional redistricting plan
- Moscow-based international financial institution testifies in grand jury investigation
- NY state legislative redistricting plan is defended against voter claims of 14th Amendment and Voting Rights Act violations (2009)
- South Carolina state senate pursues federal court action to establish redistricting plans for use after 2000 census
- Voters and political party officials successfully defend congressional redistricting plan against Voting Rights Act challenge
- Washington Legal Foundation urges U.S. Supreme Court to review state appropriation of interest earned on lawyers' trust accounts
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
Past Positions
- Hon. Jose A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Law Clerk, - 1999
- Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Of Counsel
- Partner
- Practice Leader Business & Tort Litigation
- Partner
Nearby Lawyers
- Appellate
- Federal
- 1.7 miles away
- 1.2 miles away
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