Benjamin S. Fischer
Counsel
(212) 880-9585
Benjamin S. Fischer's practice focuses primarily on high stakes business litigation and the defense of both corporate executives and corporations accused of wrongdoing. He has significant experience litigating almost every aspect of civil and criminal cases in both state and federal court and also has extensive experience handling all phases of arbitrations. Ben has tried criminal cases to verdict and arbitrations to final decisions, including cases involving allegations against corporate executives accused of insider trading and fraud. He also has significant appellate experience in both state and federal appellate courts. In addition, Ben has represented both individuals and corporations under investigation by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the District Attorney's Office, the Attorney General's Office, and FINRA. He also has represented both companies conducting internal investigations and individuals in connection with those investigations.
Prior to joining Morvillo Abramowitz in September 2003, Ben served as a law clerk for the Honorable James C. Francis IV, United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He became Counsel in 2011.
In 2007 and 2008, as Adjunct Professor, Ben taught legal writing to first year law students at Brooklyn Law School. Ben is a member of the New York City Bar Association (where he served on the Young Lawyers Committee), the Federal Bar Council and the Federal Bar Council's First Decade Committee, and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Associate Board of the New York Legal Assistance Group, New York City's largest provider of free civil legal services to low income residents of New York.
He is the author of Power to the Prisoner: The Importance of State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts in Preserving the Religious Liberties of Prisoners, 10 J.L. & Pol'y 233 (2002).
Ben received his B.A. at Connecticut College and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School.
He is admitted in New York and to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
