John Edwin Fisher - Orlando, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965
    LL.B.

• Non Legal Education

  • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1962
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Partner, 1969 - 1984
• Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Associate, 1965 - 1969

Representative Clients

• BIC Corporation

• Supervision International

• Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company

• Kimberly Clark

• Juices & Beverages, Inc.

• Llyods of London

Published Works

Articles

• "Comparative Negligence, Some Unanswered Questions", Insurance Law Journal, Nov., 1973
  
• "Contribution", Comparative Negligence and Contribution in Florida, The Florida Bar, 1977
  

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1965
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1966
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1973

Specialties and Certifications

• Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, Board of Governors, 1988 - 1992 (Member)
• The Florida Bar, Board of Governors, 1990 - 1992 (Executive Committee)
• The Florida Bar, Board of Governors, 1990 - 1992 (Program Evaluation Committee)
• The Florida Bar, Board of Governors, 1988 - 1991 (Budget Committee)
• The Florida Bar, Candidate for President, 1993
• The Florida Bar, Trial Lawyers Section, 1977 - 1978 (Chairman)
• The Florida Bar, Trial Lawyers Section, 1976 - 1977 (Chairman Elect)
• The Florida Bar, Trial Lawyers Section, 1975 - 1976 (Secretary)
• The Florida Bar, Trial Lawyers Section, 1974 - 1983 (Executive Council)
• Florida Bar Foundation, Lifetime Fellow
• Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, 1994 - 2000 (Member)
• Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 2000 - 2004 (Member)
• Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 2003 (Vice Chair)
• Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 2004 (Chairman)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 1978 (President)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 1977 (President Elect)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 1976 (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 1973 - 1975 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Orange County Bar Association (Member)
• Orange County Bar Association, 1986 - 1987 (President)
• Orange County Bar Association, 1985 - 1986 (President Elect)
• Orange County Bar Association, 1982 - 1985 (Executive Council)
• Orange County Bar Association Educational Fund, 1986 - 1987 (President)
• Orange County Bar Foundation, 1985 - 1986 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
• Central Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
• Central Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 2002 (President)
• Central Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 2001 (President Elect)
• American Bar Foundation, Lifetime Fellow
• Florida Board of Trial Advocates, 2006 - 2007 (President)
• Florida Board of Trial Advocates, 2005 - 2006 (Treasurer)
• Florida Board of Trial Advocates, 2001 - Present (Member, Board of Directors)