9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Judge
Career Highlights: Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1966-67; law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1967-68; private practice, Los Angeles, 1968-97; special assistant, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., 1975; Member, Los Angeles City Civil Service Commission, 1984-89; deputy general counsel, Independent Commission on the L.A.P.D. (Christopher Commission), 1990; President, Los Angeles Police Commission, 1995-97; associate attorney general, 1997-99; nominated to 9th Circuit March 1999, confirmed October 1999, assumed senior status March 2013. Died February 2020.
Law School: Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1966
Career Highlights: Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1966-67; law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1967-68; private practice, Los Angeles, 1968-97; special assistant, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., 1975; Member, Los Angeles City Civil Service Commission, 1984-89; deputy general counsel, Independent Commission on the L.A.P.D. (Christopher Commission), 1990; President, Los Angeles Police Commission, 1995-97; associate attorney general, 1997-99; nominated to 9th Circuit March 1999, confirmed October 1999, assumed senior status March 2013. Died February 2020.
Law School: Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1966
Circuit Judge Raymond Corley Fisher of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals calls former Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher "my mentor and friend."
Fisher's career en route to the federal appellate bench has been entwined with Christopher's ever since Christopher cold-called Fisher in 1963 and persuaded him to enroll at Stanford Law School, part of an effort by the school to enlist distinguished graduates to recruit promising students.
Fisher, now 7... (continued)
