Ivan Fisher

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Ivan S. Fisher (b. 1943) is a New York criminal defense attorney. He represents white-collar clients and others targeted or charged in complex federal matters.^{[citation needed]}

As a young lawyer, Fisher represented the writer Jack Abbott in a murder trial.^[1] Another of his clients was Marie Luisi, a Senior Vice President at J.Walter Thompson, amid allegations relating to the alleged theft of $30 million.^[2] Fisher also represented Italian financier Michele Sindona, and served as lead counsel in the Pizza Connection Trial.^{[citation needed]}

More recently, Fisher secured the dismissal of the indictment alleging corruption and related offenses filed against Roy L. Schneider, M.D., the former governor of the United States Virgin Islands. He also won an acquittal at the trial of Demetrios Demetrios, who was alleged to have traded illegally with "black nations."^[3] Fisher represented Pashtun tribal chieftan Haji Ayub Afridi, whose jurisdiction covers the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan; Ayub Afridi has endured a long and complicated relationship with the United States, including a prosecution brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.^[4]

Currently, Fisher is defending Alberto Vilar, an investor and billionaire philanthropist who was head of the asset management firm Amerindo Investment Advisors, against securities fraud charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York.^[5] Fisher is also counsel to Haji Bashir Noorzai^[6], whose prosecution by the U.S. government has raised significant issues involving United States foreign policy. ^[7]

Fisher attended the Horace Mann School, Syracuse University and Boston University School of Law. Early in his career he was a partner of Albert Kreiger; Fisher formed his own practice in 1974.^{[citation needed]}