Genesis Fisher

Genesis Fisher is the founder and Principal Attorney of Fisher Law Practice, P.C. which provides onsite conflict resolution to help businesses deal with tough issues and keep employees focused on work, not office disputes. Allegations of discrimination (race, gender, lgbtq) or sexual misconduct can tear teams apart. Through mediation, one-on-one coaching, and conflict resolution training, she gets people talking so they can share their frustrations, address differences and repair trust. She is also an experienced family law and criminal defense attorney who works hard to protect her clients’ futures. Ms. Fisher is President-Elect of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Greater New York. She is also an adjunct professor at New York Law School and John Jay College.

Prior to starting the firm, Ms. Fisher spent eight years fighting for the rights of indigent clients as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society. She started her legal career at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where she worked on national civil rights issues and Alabama jail and women's prison reform. Ms. Fisher became interested in public interest law when she was the Coordinator of Volunteers at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless in D.C.

Ms. Fisher graduated from Smith College and New York University School of Law. At Smith, she completed the prestigious Leadership Program, was a School for Social Work Community Intern, a 2-time Track and Field All-American, and a recipient of the Barbara Jordan Prize for the Study of Law. In law school, she was an editor on the Review of Law and Social Change, took the Capitol Defender Clinic, and interned with the NAACP LDF. She received the New York State Bar Association’s Minority Environmental Fellowship and interned at the EPA. Law school's highlight was taking Trial and Appellate Advocacy with Justice Sotomayor (then a Second Circuit Court Judge).