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Ivan S. Fisher is a prominent New York

New York

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criminal defense attorney. He represents white-collar

White-collar crime

Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime has been defined by Edwin Sutherland as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" . Sutherland was a proponent of Symbolic Interactionism, and believed that criminal behavior was...

clients and others targeted or charged in complex federal matters.

As a young lawyer, Fisher represented the writer Jack Abbott

Jack Abbott

Jack Henry Abbott was an American criminal and author. He was released from prison in 1981 after gaining praise for his writing and being lauded by a number of high-profile literary critics, including author Norman Mailer...

in a murder trial. Another of his clients was Marie Luisi, a Senior Vice President at J.Walter Thompson

JWT

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, amid allegations relating to the alleged theft of $30 million.
Fisher also represented Italian financier Michele Sindona

Michele Sindona

Michele Sindona was an Italian banker and convicted felon. Known in banking circles as "The Shark", Sindona was a member of Propaganda Due , a secret lodge of Italian Freemasonry, and had clear connections to the Mafia...

, and served as lead counsel in the Pizza Connection Trial

Pizza Connection Trial

The Pizza Connection Trial was one of the longest criminal jury trials on record in the district of Manhattan. It took place between October 24, 1985 and March 2, 1987-Scope of the trial:...

and the French Connection

French Connection

The French Connection was a scheme through which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States. The operation reached its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it provided the vast majority of the illicit heroin used in the United States...

Trial.

On May 15, 1974, Fisher won a landmark decision in the Court of Appeals in the 2nd Circuit, United States vs. Toscanino, which in effect overruled Supreme Court rulings precluding American judicial review of foreign U.S. law enforcement conduct. An immediate result of the decision was an order from then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to every United States embassy in the world directing all American personnel to abstain from participation in torture.

In recent years, Fisher secured the dismissal of the indictment alleging corruption and related offenses filed against Roy L. Schneider

Roy L. Schneider

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, M.D., the former governor of the United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands

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. He also won an acquittal at the trial of Demetrios Demetrios, who was alleged to have traded illegally with "black nations." Fisher represented Pashtun tribal chieftain Haji Ayub Afridi, whose jurisdiction covers the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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; 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

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

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.

Most recently, Fisher defended Alberto Vilar

Alberto Vilar

Alberto Vilar , a.k.a., Albert Vilar, is a Cuban-American investor and philanthropist from West Orange, NJ, particularly known as a patron of opera. He was tried and convicted in November 2008 on charges of money laundering, investment advisor fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud,...

, an investor and billionaire

Billionaire

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philanthropist who was head of the asset management firm Amerindo Investment Advisors

Amerindo Investment Advisors

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, against securities fraud charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. Fisher is also counsel to Haji Bashir Noorzai

Haji Bashar

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, whose prosecution and subsequent conviction by the U.S. government has raised significant issues involving United States foreign policy.

Fisher has been frequently profiled in major publications such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, The National Law Journal, and The New York Law Journal. He lectures frequently at leading universities including Yale Law School and Columbia Law School on criminal defense and is widely known as an expert on cross examination.

Fisher attended the Horace Mann School

Horace Mann School

Horace Mann School is an independent college preparatory school in New York City, New York, United States founded in 1887 known for its rigorous course of studies. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from all across the New York tri-state area from...

, Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

and Boston University School of Law

Boston University School of Law

Boston University School of Law is the law school affiliated with Boston University, and is ranked #22 among American law schools by US News and World Report magazine. It is the second-oldest law school in Massachusetts and one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless...

. Early in his career he was a partner of Albert Kreiger; Fisher formed his own practice in 1974.

Notable Clients

Jack Henry Abbott
Alberto Vilar
Alberto Vilar
Alberto Vilar , a.k.a., Albert Vilar, is a Cuban-American investor and philanthropist from West Orange, NJ, particularly known as a patron of opera. He was tried and convicted in November 2008 on charges of money laundering, investment advisor fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud,...
Remy Ma
Remy Ma
Reminisce Smith , better known by her stage name Remy Ma, formerly known as Remy Martin, is a Grammy nominated American rapper and former member of Fat Joe's rap crew, Terror Squad...
Roy Schneider
Michele Sindona
Michele Sindona
Michele Sindona was an Italian banker and convicted felon. Known in banking circles as "The Shark", Sindona was a member of Propaganda Due , a secret lodge of Italian Freemasonry, and had clear connections to the Mafia...
The French Connection
The French Connection
The French Connection or French Connection may refer to:* French Connection, an infamous 1960s-70s drug trafficking scheme* The French Connection , a 1969 non-fiction book about the drug trafficking scheme...
Pizza Connection Trial
Pizza Connection Trial
The Pizza Connection Trial was one of the longest criminal jury trials on record in the district of Manhattan. It took place between October 24, 1985 and March 2, 1987-Scope of the trial:...

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