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The Law Office of Bart S. Fisher is dedicated to providing its clients with excellent service and sound judgment.

Please use this site to learn more about the types of services we provide, and our areas of expertise.

The Law Office of Bart S. Fisher serves as a problem solver for governments, corporations, and trade associations. The principal area of law practice is international trade and investment.

Bart Fisher, the Firm's principal, has been described as a "founding father" of the market for internationally trained lawyers (SAISPHERE, April, 1990), "one of the D.C. trade bar's pioneers" (The Rushford Report, June, 1998), a "legend" and "a godfather of DC's international trade law bar" (Legal Bisnow, January 27, 2010), "bright" (Fortune, December 14, 1981); a lawyer "who is known for his unorthodox, high profile, confrontational approach to international trade disputes" (Washington Post, August 24, 1982); someone who practices law with "audacity" (New York Times, December 29, 1989), "one of the nation's foremost experts on international trade, especially with regard to Asia" (Above the Law, August 19, 2010), "high-powered and well-connected" (Huffington Post, March 3, 2012), "a very skilled and experienced international trade lawyer and economist" (The Washington Times, August 17, 2015), "an attorney who has represented both sides in trade disagreements" (China Daily, December 24, 2015) and "respected in all venues of the capital" (Carta Polis, August 29, 2017).

The approach taken to problems by The Law Office of Bart S. Fisher recognizes that legal problems and lobbying are inextricably intertwined in Washington, D.C., where the distinctive element of law practice is the presence of government and the emphasis on public policy.

Mr. Fisher has held an AV Preeminent rating for 30 years for the "Highest Possible Peer Review Rating for Legal Ability and Ethical Standards" from Martindale-Hubbell. He is also in the Legal Network listing, "Top Lawyers in Washington, D.C."

Mr. Fisher has represented the Government of the People's Republic of China (1999-2000) on international trade matters, handling cases under the Antidumping Law of the United States on fresh garlic and wax candles. He has also represented the governments of Suriname, Sudan, Dominican Republic, Israel, Iceland, and Panama.

From 1972 through 1995 Mr. Fisher represented Mars, Incorporated on foreign market development, spearheading efforts to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers to exports of the company’s confectionery, rice, and pet food products. He is currently assisting many companies in efforts to obtain access to the Chinese marketplace.

Mr. Fisher represented The Rice Millers Association in a 10-year struggle to obtain access to the Japanese rice market for U.S. rice exporters. The effort finally succeeded in 1994 as part of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and Japan is now, by value, the largest export market for the U.S. rice industry. He successfully represented the American International Automobile Dealers Association in the 1980 International Trade Commission case brought by Ford and the UAW to limit imports of automobiles from Japan into the U.S. marketplace.

Mr. Fisher represented 15 United States television broadcasters in 1978 on a complaint against the Government of Canada which was deleting their advertisements and denying deductibility for cross-border advertising. President Carter determined that the border broadcasters’ complaint was valid, and that Canada had unfairly discriminated against them.

The Law Office of Bart S. Fisher assists enterprises with venture capital funding. Those activities are undertaken in conjunction with J J & B, LLC.

Mr. Fisher currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Osgood Center for International Studies.

Mr. Fisher has also engaged in a substantial amount of pro bono work, and is Chairman of the Give Life Foundation. He has been named as an International Ambassador of Humanity by the Friends for Good Health, and nominated in 2020 for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in establishing bone marrow transplant registries around the world.

If you would like to set up an initial consultation, I would be pleased to speak with you. Please use the contact information listed below.

Bart S. Fisher
Attorney & Counselor at Law
Law Office of Bart S. Fisher
9009 Potomac Forest Drive
Great Falls, Virginia 22066-4110

Phone: 202.746.7089
Email: bart_fisher2002@yahoo.com

 


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