Ms. Fischman is a civil litigator with extensive experience in general commercial litigation and arbitration.

Ms. Fischman has been a litigator at the firm since completing her clerkship with former District Court Judge Marvin E. Frankel. Her practice is equally divided between the state and federal courts of New York, and she has handled many cases concerning real estate, mutual funds, banking, bankruptcies and other kinds of commercial litigation. She has also acted as counsel in many commercial arbitrations and now acts as an arbitrator on the AAA's commercial panel.

Ms. Fischman has been active in the field of ethics and professional responsibility. She has served for many years as a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Department, and as of December 2006 is Special Counsel to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee. In addition, she taught ethics and professional responsibility as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School.  For many years she was a member of the Professional and Judicial Ethics Committee and the Ethics 2000 Committee of The New York City Bar Association and was a Commissioner of the New York State Ethics Commission of the Unified Court System.

Ms. Fischman’s many community activities include service on the Board of The New York Community Trust and The September 11th Fund; former member of the Board of Trustees of Brandeis University; former member of the Board of Directors of The Legal Aid Society; and former director of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She has also sat on many committees of The New York City Bar Association, including the Executive Committee.

Ms. Fischman remains closely affiliated with Columbia Law School, from which she graduated in 1967 with academic honors and served as the articles editor of the Columbia Law Review. She sits on the Board of Visitors of the Law School and has been active in alumni activities. Additionally, she is currently serving as President of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - New York City Metro Chapter.

LL.B., Columbia Law School, 1967

• Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review , 1966-1967
• Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar 
• Kent Scholar
• Jane Marks Murphy Prize

B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Brandeis University, 1964

Honorable Marvin E. Frankel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1967 - 1969

New York, 1967
California, 1971
District of Columbia, 1994

Special Counsel to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the First Department
Member, AAA Panel of Commercial Arbitrators
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Ethics 2000 Committee; Member, Executive Committee, 1983-1986; Judiciary Committee, 1978-1980; Chairperson, Professional Education and Admissions to the Bar, 1980-1982; Member, Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, 1992-93
The September 11th Fund, Former Director
New York State Ethics Commission for the Unified Court System, Former Commissioner
Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School
The New York Community Trust, Consulting Member of the Distribution Committee
The Legal Aid Society, Former Director
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - NYC Metro, President
Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Former Director
Brandeis University, Former Trustee
Policy Committee, Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Department