Mike Fisher a lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School. He also is the legal division director in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) criminal enforcement office, where for the past 15 years he has supervised a team of attorneys, advised EPA’s top enforcement managers, and served as the program’s primary liaison with the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Professor Fisher previously worked as an EPA regional criminal enforcement counsel and as a special assistant U.S. attorney, prosecuting environmental crimes under all major pollution control statutes. In that capacity, and during a 2002 detail to DOJ’s Environmental Appellate Section, he also successfully litigated appeals in several federal circuits.

Before joining the EPA, Professor Fisher practiced environmental law for several years at a large firm in Washington, DC.

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Education

  • Rice University, BA
  • London School of Economics, M.Sc.
  • Yale University, JD

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Clerkships

  • Alaska Supreme Court, Chief Justice Daniel Moore