Girard Fisher

Born San Diego, California, November 6, 1945.
Admitted to bar, 1973, California; all California U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth District, and U.S. Supreme Court.
Retired from practice: November 2006

University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1967)
University of San Diego (J.D., 1973)
California State University (M.A., 1977)

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1974-1975

Co-author, California Government Tort Liability Practice (Cont. Ed. Bar 2000)

"Design Immunity for Public Entities," 28 University of San Diego Law Review 241 (1991)
"Recent Developments in Government Operations and Liability Law," 29:4 The Urban Lawyer 809 (1997).

"Attorney's Fees," C.E.B., 1984
"Design Immunity," Southern California City Attorneys Association, 1991, California County Counsels' Association, 1993, and CJPIA Risk Managers, 1995
"Government Tort Claim Procedures," League of California Cities, 1991
"Police Negligence," Association of Police Defense Counsel, 1992
"Police Liability," Society of Claim Law Associates, 1994
"Recent Developments in Municipal Liability," League of California Cities, 1995
"Slip and Fall, the Government Perspective," Consumer Attorneys' Association of Los Angeles, 1996
"Premises Liability," Consumer Attorneys' Association of Los Angeles, 1997
"Inverse Condemnation," [in preparation for PARMA 2001 annual convention]

National Association of Securities Dealers, 1979-
Los Angeles Superior Court, 1984-. Judge Pro Tem Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1982-.

American Board of Trial Advocates; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Los Angeles County, State of California, and American Bar Associations.

Certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Appellate Law.

Mr. Fisher has tried forty-five jury trials to conclusion in the superior and federal courts involving inverse condemnation, police excessive force, governmental tort liability, insurance bad faith, breach of contract, and securities fraud. Many of these trials involved exposures in the seven-figure range.

Mr. Fisher has argued more than forty appeals and writs before the state and federal appellate courts and the California Supreme Court. Fifteen have resulted in published opinions. He frequently writes and lectures on governmental liability.