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...Although Fisher works at a private law firm, he says that practicing corporate law never appealed to him. Instead, he says, wanted to pursue a career that would give him the freedom to do pro-bono work as well...
...supported the fact that I took pro-bono very seriously and recognized that it would allow me to take on work that I wouldn’t be able to do for years at the firm,” Fisher says...
...Fisher read the court’s opinion and then asked Crawford’s lawyer whether he could help appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...lawyer didn’t want to appeal the case, in part because the criminal trial scene is so under-litigated and he didn’t have the time, but Crawford then told me to go for it,” Fisher says...
Although only one of out every 100 petitions for Supreme Court review is granted, Fisher was able to persuade the Supreme Court to make room for Crawford’s petition on the Court’s docket...