Background
Fisher, Joseph Jefferson was born in 1910 in San Augustine County, Texas, AMERICA0. Son of Guy B. and Lula (Bl) Fisher.
Fisher, Joseph Jefferson was born in 1910 in San Augustine County, Texas, AMERICA0. Son of Guy B. and Lula (Bl) Fisher.
Student, Stephen F. Austin College, 1929; Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1936.
Served as county attorney, San Augustine County, 1936-1939; district attorney, 1st Judicial District Texas, 1939-1946; district judge, 1st Judicial District Texas, 1956-1959; partner firm, Fisher, Tonahill & Reavley, Jasper, Texas, 1947-1956; United States district judge, Eastern District Texas, since 1959; chief judge, Eastern District Texas, since 1967.
Member American Bar Association (chairman judicial section 1957), 1st Judicial Bar Association (president 1956), Texas Bar Association, State Bar Texas (legislation and executive committees 1957-1959), American Judicature Society, Texas History Association, Sons of the Republic of Texas, Ex-Student Association University Texas (life), Stephen F. Austin State University Ex-Students Association (life), Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Kathleen Clark. Children— Leila (Mistress Leila F. Thomas), Joseph Jefferson, John Clark, Guy Cade, Anne Fisher Winslow.