[citation needed] As a young lawyer, Fisher represented the writer Jack Henry Abbott in a murder trial in what many[who?]
In recent years, 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.
[9] Fisher represented the billionaire Pashtun tribal chieftain and politician Haji Ayub Afridi, whose jurisdiction covers the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 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.
[10] Fisher defended 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.
[11] Fisher is also counsel to Haji Bashir Noorzai,[12] whose prosecution and subsequent conviction by the U.S. government raised significant issues involving United States foreign policy.