Noteworthy: Recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Special Achievement Award for eight years of service as the chair of the bar’s Federal Practice Committee.

Age: 71

Residence: Upper St. Clair

Family: Wife, Carol, and two children, Michelle and Brett

Occupation: U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit judge

Education: Bachelor’s degree and law degree from Georgetown University

Background: Fisher has served as a federal judge for 13 years. He served as the state Attorney General from 1997 to 2003, a state senator from 1980 to 1996 and a state representative from 1974 to 1980. He worked as an Allegheny County assistant district attorney for four years before spending 27 years in private practice.

Quote: “I thought that it was important to try to get practitioners educated, familiar and more comfortable with practice and procedure in federal courts. It’s something that been beneficial both to the practitioners and the bench, because better prepared attorneys are good for the courts.”

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