Experience
– Chairman. Commissioner. Prosecutor. Judge. Director. Professor.
Over 20 years practicing law, Ross Fischer has earned a wide array of appellations. Along the way, he has developed an expertise in the area of professional ethics, public law, and campaign finance.
Ross’s experience includes service in numerous capacities:
General Counsel to the State Bar of Texas, the second largest bar association in the nation.
Chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission, which regulates ethics laws in the political process, including campaign finance, candidates for office, officeholders, and lobbyists.
Inaugural Chairman of the Legislative and Campaign Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Clinical professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
Appointed by the Texas Speaker of the House to serve on the Select Interim Committee to Study Ethics laws.
Elected to the Board of Directors of the nation’s largest electric distribution cooperative.
Assistant Chief Disciplinary Counsel for the State Bar of Texas.
The elected Kendall County Attorney, where he served as both the civil advisor and the misdemeanor prosecutor for one of the fastest growing counties in Texas.
Service as a municipal judge.
Ross provides legal counsel to elected officials, candidates, trade associations, corporations, political committees, and public entities. Given his expertise in the area of professional ethics, he is often called upon to conduct investigations on behalf of organizational clients.
Ross is graduate of St. Edward’s University and of the University of Texas School of Law, both in Austin.