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He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1942, Summa Cum Laude . After serving in the Army Signal Corps during World War II , he attended Harvard Law School . He graduated in 1948 and joined the law firm of Hale And Dorr in Boston . In 1954 , the firm represented the U.S. Army at the Army-McCarthy Hearings on Senator Joseph McCarthy 's conduct, and Fisher and Jim St. Clair were the two attorneys initially sent to Washington, D.C. to assist Joseph Welch . On questioning them, Welch learned of Fisher's having belonged to the National Lawyers Guild while in law school and shortly after. Welch decided that that left-wing association made Fisher's participation in the hearings a potential problem, and a colleague replaced Fisher on the case. On April 16 , the New York Times discussed Fisher's situation in an article. Fisher's name was more prominently publicized when McCarthy intimated on national television that Welch should get Fisher fired as a Communist, and that Welch had specifically chosen him for the abortive assignment. Welch's criticism of McCarthy as callously slandering Fisher is the best-known portion of the various congressional inquiries on McCarthy's conduct, drew applause from the gallery, and is generally regarded as the crucial factor in the decline of McCarthy's political career. Fisher went on to become a partner at Hale & Dorr. In 1973-74 he served as president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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