Peter M. Fishbein was Note Editor of the Harvard Law Review and
a law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court. He is a recipient of the Distinguished
Community Service Award from Brandeis University and the Jurisprudence
Award from the Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training (ORT).
Mr. Fishbein is presently a Fellow of the American College of Trial
Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation, a Director of the Brennan
Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, and the I Have
A Dream Foundation.
- Deputy Secretary General, International Peace Corps (1962–64)
- Chief Counsel to the Committee on the Executive Branch of the New York State Constitutional Convention (1967)
- Trustee of Goddard College (1967–1975)
- Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University Law School (1970–1984)
Practice Areas
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1958
Dartmouth College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1955; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admission(s)
New York
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Membership(s)
Member, New York State Governor's Board of Public Disclosure (1975–1977)
Trustee, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York (1975–1981)
Member, Presidential Commission to Nominate Candidates for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1980)
Director, Citizens Budget Commission (1985-1992)
Member, Whitney Museum Legal and Ethics Committee (1994-2000)
Director, the Healthcare Chaplaincy (1994-2000)
Visiting Professor, Middlebury College (1996)