Gerald Fisher is a partner in our Los Angeles office and is a member of our Litigation Department. He focuses on transportation, international trade and logistics, energy, construction and insurance related to these practice areas. Mr. Fisher has litigated complex, high-value and high-risk cases for clients in the United States, Europe and Asia. His extensive experience in the marine and non-marine insurance and re-insurance industries has provided him with the ability to offer a unique service to major corporations looking to restructure their supply chain management and logistics relationships with carriers in all modes of transportation.

Mr. Fisher is known for his ability to analyze, simplify, manage, mediate and, if necessary, try large complex transportation and insurance cases. His nearly thirty years of extensive legal, insurance and business experience in the goods movement industry across all modes of transportation has provided Mr. Fisher with an intimate knowledge of the complex needs of the transportation, cargo, financial and insurance sides of the industry. This experience, combined with his demonstrated legal and courtroom skills, has allowed him to effectively represent the insurance industry and corporations in complex matters involving large cargo volumes in all transportation modes.

EDUCATION

University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 1973
California State University, Long Beach, B.A., 1970
University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Post Graduate Law Studies, 1974

ADMISSIONS/QUALIFICATIONS

State Bar of California, 1974
U.S. Supreme Court
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Multiple U.S. District Courts
All Courts, California

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

State Bar of California
Maritime Law Association of the United States, Procter Member
Propeller Club of the United States, National Executive Committee, Regional Vice President, Past President, Chairman, Board of Governors
American Bar Association
National Industrial Transportation League
International Trade Education Programs, Inc., Chairman, Board of Directors

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS/CLIENTS

Represents Fortune 100 companies in planning, negotiation, restructuring and contracting for intermodal logistics services in international and domestic commerce;

Represents major shipping lines in development of new ocean shipping, energy and water alternatives;

Represented Port of Los Angeles in defense of complex multimillion dollar marine construction suit;

Complete defense of high-profile $30 million wrongful death case for Port and City of Los Angeles;

Complete defense of a complex multimillion dollar bad faith case tried to a jury; Underwriters at Lloyds, London;

Represented rail carriers in high-value derailment cases;

Represented municipal ports, harbor districts, contractors and insurers in $750 million port infrastructure construction, insurance, liability, and environmental issues;

Lead counsel in multiple complex coverage/bad faith cases for U.S., London, European and Asian insurance markets;

Represented manufacturer and insurer of container crane in multimillion litigation resulting from its collapse;

Defended multiple wrongful death and personal injury claims arising from casualties during construction and transportation accidents;

Represented owners, charters, and cargo in numerous ship collision, allision and marine casualty cases; and

Represented insurers and manufacturers in aircraft casualty cases (licensed pilot).