Timothy Fisher, the dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law, owes his reputation as a private practice attorney in about equal measure to his work for the rich and powerful and the poor and forgotten.
Big construction lawsuits, family wealth disputes and banking matters occupied his attention for decades at Greater Hartford firms—Robinson & Cole, Cummings & Lockwood and McCarter & English. More recently, he’s been in the news for pro bono work to exonerate wrongfully convicted prisoners, promoting marriage equality and speeding criminal appeals.
