Advisory Board
Dr. Bart Fisher
International trade and investment lawyer whose firm serves governments, corporations, and trade associations.
Previously
- Patton Boggs
- Arent Fox
- Bryan Cave
- Dorsey & Whitney
Profile summary
A strategist who executes
Dr. Bart S. Fisher is an Advisory Board member at Nexgile — an international trade and investment lawyer, investment banker, teacher, and philanthropist whose work sits at the intersection of law, public policy, foreign market access, and cross-border investment.
As Managing Partner of the Law Office of Bart S. Fisher in Washington, D.C., he advises governments, corporations, and trade associations on international trade and investment matters, running a problem-solving practice for clients navigating legal, lobbying, and public-policy issues in Washington.
His career includes decades of practice at major Washington law firms, including Patton Boggs LLP, where he became a partner in 1978, followed by senior roles at Arent Fox, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Bryan Cave, and Dorsey & Whitney.
He has represented governments including the People's Republic of China, Suriname, Sudan, the Dominican Republic, Israel, Iceland, and Panama, alongside long-running market-access work for companies and U.S. industry groups.
Beyond legal practice, Fisher has built a significant philanthropic profile through the Give Life Foundation and the Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, which he founded in 1983.
Highlights
- Managing Partner of the Law Office of Bart S. Fisher.
- Has held an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for 40 years.
- Has represented multiple governments and led long-running international trade market-access work.
- Represented the Rice Millers Association in a 10-year effort that helped open the Japanese rice market to U.S. rice exporters in 1994.
- Founded the Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation in 1983 and serves as Chairman of the Give Life Foundation.