Steven W. Fisher

Steven William Fisher (May 19, 1946 – December 18, 2010) was an American attorney who served on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division and had presided over the trial in the Wendy's massacre while serving on New York State Supreme Court in which the defendant was the last to be assessed the death penalty.

Fisher was born in Manhattan on May 19, 1946, and attended Stuyvesant High School. Encouraged by his father to pursue a career in engineering, Fisher attended Queens College, City University of New York, graduating in 1968 with a degree in physics. With the aid of a scholarship from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, he earned a degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida. Arriving at the conclusion that he was not set out for a career as an engineer, he enrolled at Brooklyn Law School, and recalled that "I knew I was home" from the moment that he attended his first class.

After graduating from law school, Fisher worked in Brooklyn for four years as an assistant district attorney before going to practice on his own at the firm of Rhodes, Baker & Fisher. Starting in 1979, he spent four years as a law clerk for Judge Milton Mollen of the Second Department. He was appointed to serve on New York City Criminal Court by Mayor Ed Koch in 1983 and was elected to New York State Supreme Court in 1993. In 2004, Governor of New York George Pataki appointed him to serve on the Appellate Division, where he served until his death.

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