Background
Fisher, Richard Ashley was born on May 4, 1938 in Covington, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ferd Rogers and Jeanette (Foust) Fisher.
Fisher, Richard Ashley was born on May 4, 1938 in Covington, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ferd Rogers and Jeanette (Foust) Fisher.
Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1963.
Law clerk Honorary Marion Boyd, United States District Court, Memphis, 1963-1964;partner, Elliott, Goode & Fisher, Cleveland, Tennessee, 1964-1968;private practice, Cleveland, Tennessee, 1968-1972, 89-94;Polk County attorney, Cleveland, Tennessee, 1967-1972;district attorney general, 24th Judicial Circuit, 1972-1982;assistant district attorney general, Nashville, 1982-1989;partner, Logan, Thompson, Miller, Bilbo, Thompson & Fisher, Cleveland, since 1993;state representative 22nd District, House of Representatives, Nashville, 1992-1994. Member of advisory committee rule on criminal procedure, Supreme Court, State of Tennessee, 1978. Member of faculty International Association Arson Investigators, Louisiana District Attorney's Association, S.E. Regional Seminar on Child Abuse/Death, 1983, Practicing Law Institute Seminar on Fraud and False Dealing and for Circuit Court Clerks. on the Duties of Their Office, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry Control States Conference, 1987, National Children's Advocacy Center, 5th Annual Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse, 1988.
Chairman Tennessee Ocoee Development Agency. Member State of Tennessee Child Abuse Task Force, 1986-1987. Member First Methodist Church, Cleveland.
Member Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Tennessee District Attorney's Conference (treasurer-vice president), Bradley County Bar Association, Cleveland Country Club, Michigan Avenue Ruritan Club, Elks.
Married Karen P. Fisher. Children: Kevin, Kerri.