Pesetsky, Ian Alexander

Kelly Fisher represents clients in a wide range of personal injury areas including automobile accidents, premises liability, negligent security, hiring and training, construction accidents and medical malpractice. She is admitted to practice law in Virginia, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ms. Fisher is active in the local bar associations. Ms. Fisher is currently writing a pamphlet for the District of Columbia Bar to distribute to the public on what to do after an automobile accident. She is also working with David Schloss on updating the Worker’s Compensation Chapter for the DC Bar Practice Manual. She serves on the DC Bar Tort Law Steering Committee and is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Tort Law Section of the DC Bar. She is also a co-chair of the Women’s Bar Association’s Community Projects Committee. Additionally, Ms. Fisher has spoken at an American Association for Justice seminar in Atlanta on trial techniques and has spoken to law students about making the transition from student to lawyer.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Fisher was a law clerk in the Senior Judge’s Chambers in DC Superior Court. Ms. Fisher graduated from The College of New Jersey with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1999. She attended law school at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC, graduating with honors. While in law school, Ms. Fisher interned for the DC Court of Appeals and participated in a legal clinic helping victims of domestic violence. She was a staff member on CommLaw Conspectus, her law school’s communications law journal. While in law school, Ms. Fisher published an article on the need to strengthen laws relating to computer generated/altered child pornography.

When not practicing law, Ms. Fisher participates in a variety of community service activities, including a number of charity runs. Most recently, she has devoted time to increasing public awareness on the issues related to human trafficking. Ms. Fisher is an avid hiker and successfully hiked the Grand Canyon in May 2007 and is planning her return trip. Ms. Fisher recently joined the Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group, which is a search and rescue group that responds to emergency situations in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.