Stanley M. Fisher Esq.Beachwood, Ohio
| Of Counsel, since
2003 | |
| phone | (866) 642-0932 (216) 245-0185 |
| fax | (216) 595-2787 |
| Email Me | |
Stanley M. Fisher, Esq. has been of counsel with Budish, Solomon, Steiner & Peck, Ltd. since 2003. Mr. Fisher has 50 years experience as a lawyer concentrating in estate planning and corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions. He has served on and /or acted as advisor to boards of directors, officers, and employees on corporate governance, audit committees, internal investigations and dealing with governmental entities. As a trial lawyer, he concentrated in complex and class action litigation in a variety of fields including antitrust, securities, franchise, employment disputes, breach of contract, unfair business practices and communications. Mr. Fisher was Of Counsel at Arter & Hadden LLP, 1984-July 2003; Member, Federal Service Impasses Panel, 1992-2002 (Presidential Appointment); Special Counsel, Attorney General of Ohio, 1971-94; Partner/Of Counsel, Guren, Merritt, Feibel, Sogg & Cohen, 1974-84; Partner, Fuerst, Fisher, Levy & Goulder, 1957-74; Associate, Ulmer, Berne, Laronge, Glickman & Curtis, 1954-57; Law Clerk, Chief Judge Charles C. Simons, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1953-54. Mr. Fisher currently devotes all of his time to estate planning in Ohio and Florida, consulting to business and non-profit entities on governance and compliance programs and business planning, arbitration and meditation in the private and federal sector as well as serving as an expert witness in Federal/State Courts on arbitration, ethics, fairness of Class Action settlements and attorney fees. He is a Life member of the National Uniform Law Commission and a member of the drafting committees on the Uniform Trust Code (2000 with amendments through 2003), Uniform Probate Code (1990 with amendments through 2003), Revisions to the Uniform Securities Act, Unclaimed Properties Act, Uniform Business Trust Act, Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Model Cross Entity Act and a former member of Uniform Commercial Code and the Joint ALI/ULC Permanent Editorial Board on the Uniform Commercial Code. He has served as drafting chairman of the Model Act on Employment Termination, and member or enactment coordinator of the drafting committees on Revisions to the Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA), the Uniform Mediation Act and testified before various state legislatures urging enactment of these acts.
- Areas of Practice:
- Real Estate & Business Planning
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Special Needs Planning
- Medicaid Planning
- Bar Admissions:
- Michigan, 1953
- Ohio, 1953
- Florida, 1977
- Colorado, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1990
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1990
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Education:
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
1953
J.D. - Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio,
1950
B.A.
- Published Works:
- Ohio Fair Trade - Fair or Foul, 28 Ohio State Law Journal 565, Antitrust Compliance - Business Laws, Inc., 1967
- Numerous Articles on Uniform Laws and Employment
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Former Adjunct Lecturer, Professionalism and Ethics, Unfair Competition and Civil Procedure, Cleveland State Law School
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Federal Service Impasses Panel, 1992 - 2002
- Member
- National Uniform Law Commission
- Life Member
- Uniform Trust Code, 2000 - 2003
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Uniform Probate Code, 1990 - 2003
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Revisions to the Uniform Securities Act
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Unclaimed Properties Act
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Uniform Business Trust Act
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Uniform Limited Partnership Act
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Model Cross Entity Act
- Member, Drafting Committees
- Former Member
- Uniform Commercial Code, Joint ALI/ULC Permanent Editorial Board
- Drafting Chairman
- Model Act on Employment Termination
- Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA)
- Member/Enactment Coordinator, Drafting Committees on Revisions
- Uniform Mediation Act
- Member/Enactment Coordinator, Drafting Committees on Revisions
- Federal Bar Association
- Former National President
- American Counsel Association
- Former National President
- Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors
- National Council
- Member
- U.S. Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Life Member
- Judicial Conference, Eight Ohio Appellate District
- Life Member
- American Arbitration Association
- Member, Commercial Advisory Committee
- American Arbitration Commercial Panel
- Member
- NASD
- Member
- NYSE, CPR Institute
- Member
- National Arbitration Forum Panels
- Member
- Northern District Court of Ohio Panel
- Mediator/Neutral Evaluator
- Cleveland Bar Association
- Former Member, Board of Trustees
- Professional Ethics Committee
- Former Chairman
- Cleveland Bar Association
- Life Member
- Cuyahoga Ohio Bar Association
- Life Member
- Michigan Bar Association
- Life Member
- American Bar Association
- Life Member
- Florida Bar Association
- Member, Florida Probate and Business Law Committees
- Past Employment Positions:
- Arter & Hadden LLP, Of Counsel, 1984 - 2003
- Attorney General of Ohio, Special Counsel, 1971 - 1994
- Guren, Merritt, Feibel, Sogg & Cohen, Partner/Of Counsel, 1974 - 1984
- Fuerst, Fisher, Levy & Goulder, Partner, 1957 - 1974
- Ulmer, Berne, Laronge, Glickman & Curtis, Associate, 1954 - 1957
- Chief Judge Charles C. Simons, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1953 - 1954












