Ron Fisher is an experienced complex civil litigator with extensive trial experience and an unwavering commitment to his clients. Ron has represented a diverse clientele, including small businesses and their founders, high-net worth individuals, government entities, and Fortune 100 companies. Ron has obtained over $90 million in trial judgments for plaintiffs. On the defense side, Ron has obtained multiple successful jury verdicts in both federal and state court. Ron has also secured numerous favorable settlements for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Before founding the firm, Ron clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit before joining the antitrust and competition and complex commercial litigation practices at Latham and Watkins LLP, and then was an equity partner at litigation boutique BraunHagey & Borden LLP.

Representative Matters

• Four-week trial in SF Superior defending Sonoma County craft brewer against contract claims asserted by its former distributor seeking millions of dollars; obtained jury verdict awardingplaintiff ~$66,000—less than pretrial settlement offers, thus positioning client to recover fees.

• Obtained a jury verdict and $52 million Sherman and Clayton Act judgment against telescope manufacturers in 6-week antitrust trial; drafted briefing defending judgment in Ninth Circuit appeal. See generally Optronic Techs., Inc. v. Ningbo Sunny Elec. Co., 20 F.4th 466, 473 (9th Cir. 2021).

•Secured $16 million judgment against insider who engaged in complex fraud on his hedge fund employer in two-week securities fraud arbitration; subsequently obtained order denying fraudster bankruptcy discharge. See generally Order Granting Motion for Summary Judgment, https://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/287136_193_opinion.pdf.

• In pro bono matter, obtained preliminary injunction enjoining the United States from arresting journalists and legal observers in connection with 2020 protests in Portland, Oregon, and defeated government’s appeal seeking to stay order pending merits appeal.

Experience

Law School
University of Virginia School of Law
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor, Virginia Law Review
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

Undergraduate
George Washington University
B.A., History; Minor, Art History

Publication
Foreword, One Hundred Years of Law Reviewed, 100 Va. L. Rev. 1 (2014).

Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Hon. Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit

Former Affiliations
Latham & Watkins LLP (Associate)
BraunHagey & Borden LLP (Partner)

Admissions
Member, State Bar of California
Northern District of California
Central District of California