A veteran judge who has championed access to justice for the poor will continue her crusade at a Long Island law school after she retires from two high-level state court positions next week.
Justice Fern Fisher is stepping down June 29 as the deputy chief administrative judge in charge of the day-to-day operations of New York City trial courts and as director of the courts’ access to justice program for the entire state. She has been a judge for 28 years and spent an unprecedented 20 years as a court administrator.
