A humanitarian powerhouse, described as a “founding father” of the market for internationally trained lawyers (SAISPHERE, April, 1990), “one of the D.C. trade bar’s pioneers” (The Rushford Report, June, 1998), a “legend” and “a godfather of DC’s international trade law bar” (Legal Bisnow, January 27, 2010), “bright” (Fortune, December 14, 1981); a lawyer “who is known for his unorthodox, high profile, confrontational approach to international trade disputes” (Washington Post, August 24, 1982); someone who practices law with “audacity” (New York Times, December 29, 1989), “one of the nation’s foremost experts on international trade, especially with regard to Asia” (Above the Law, August 19, 2010), “high-powered and well-connected” (Huffington Post, March 3, 2012), “a very skilled and experienced international trade lawyer and economist” (The Washington Times, August 17, 2015), “an attorney who has represented both sides in trade disagreements” (China Daily, December 24, 2015).
Mr. Fisher has represented the Government of the People’s Republic of China on international trade matters, handling cases under the Antidumping Law of the United States on fresh garlic and wax candles. Mr. Fisher currently is Senior Advisor for the CITIC Group, which is the third largest enterprise in China. Mr. Fisher currently represents the governments of the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of Suriname. He has also represented the governments of the Dominican Republic, Iceland, and Panama. Mr. Fisher attended Harvard Law School (J.D. 1972), The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. and Bologna, Italy (M.A. 1967 and Ph.D. 1970), and Washington University (B.A. 1963).
He has held an AV(a) Preeminent rating for 30 years for the “Highest Possible Peer Review Rating for Legal Ability and Ethical Standards” from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Fisher’s bold stance on fairness has lead to a substantial amount of pro bono work, and is Chairman of the http://give-lifefoundation.org has served as President of the Aplastic Anemia And MDS International Foundation ( http://www.aamds.org ).
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Mr Bart Fisher is an outspoken activist against the racial Injustice and wrongful conviction of Indian national Anand Jon Alexander, and has urged California Governor Gavin Newsons to “commutate” the sentence, while coordinating with the Indian Government to return their citizen.
He was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Peace and Medicine for his role in establishing bone marrow transplant registries around the world, and has been re nominated in 2020.
