One of the leading patent attorneys of his age, representing such clients as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and The Wright Brothers, by the time of his death he was believed to have appeared in more patent cases at the Supreme Court than any other lawyer.

[1] Fish worked at the law firm of Thomas L. Livermore and Senator Bainbridge Wadleigh in Boston.

He was involved in key patent litigation during development of the telephone, the air brake, the steam turbine, the automobile, the airplane, the radio, and other electric appliances.

In 1913, Fish helped them prevail over Glenn Curtiss in an infringement case involving the 1906 “Flying Machine” patent.

He served on the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Governing Board of Radcliffe College.

He was also an overseer of Harvard College, a trustee of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Education.