Background
Fisher, Harold Leonard was born on December 10, 1910 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Pauline (Sherman) Fisher.
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Fisher, Harold Leonard was born on December 10, 1910 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Pauline (Sherman) Fisher.
Saint John"s University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1932).
Worked at Fisher, Fisher & Berger (New York, New York) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice before State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Construction, Corporation, Election, Health, International, Labor, Real Estate and Zoning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1935, New York and United States.
District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1946, United States. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1977-1979.
Member, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1968-1979. Member, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, 1968-1978.
Counsel to the Speaker, New York State Assembly, 1965-1968.
Member, Temporary State Commission to Simplify and Revise Constitution, 1965-1967. Delegate to the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Vice Chairman and Member, Advisory Committee to the New York State Legislative Select Committee on the Election Law, September, 1973 to March 31, 1974.
Member, Advisory Council to the Dean, Hofstra Law School, 1987.
Member, Board of Directors, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1975-1987. Director, Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, 1978-1987.
Member: Brooklyn (Trustee, 1967-1973. President-Elect, 1976-1977.
President, 1977-1978.
Annual Award for Achievement, 1982), New York State (Member, House of Delegates, 1981-1984) and American Bar Associations. Kings County Criminal Bar Association. New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
Federal Bar Council.
Andrew South. Fisher, Professional Corporation, doing business as Fisher & Fisher, Attorneys at Law, is the successor to the law firm founded in 1935 by Harold L. Fisher, the former Chair of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Member, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1968-1979. Member, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, 1968-1978. Counsel to the Speaker, New York State Assembly, 1965-1968.
Member, Temporary State Commission to Simplify and Revise Constitution, 1965-1967.
Delegate to the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Vice Chairman and Member, Advisory Committee to the New York State Legislative Select Committee on the Election Law, September, 1973 to March 31, 1974.
Member, Advisory Council to the Dean, Hofstra Law School, 1987. Member, Board of Directors, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1975-1987.
Director, Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, 1978-1987.
Member: Brooklyn (Trustee, 1967-1973. President-Elect, 1976-1977. President, 1977-1978.
Annual Award for Achievement, 1982), New York State (Member, House of Delegates, 1981-1984) and American Bar Associations.
Kings County Criminal Bar Association. New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
Federal Bar Council.
Married Betty Kahn, July 24, 1934. Children: H. Leonard, Alice Fisher Rubin, Stephanie Fisher Cooper, Andrew South., Kenneth K. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Saint