Grace Davis Fisher

Ms. Davis Fisher has represented clients that include major motion picture and television studios, streaming services, recorded music companies, international luxury brands and blue-chip technology companies in matters ranging from deal structuring and talent relations to litigating high-stakes copyright, contract and First Amendment disputes. Ms. Davis Fisher also routinely represents entertainment, financial and technology companies in cases involving trade secret and data privacy issues.

Ms. Davis Fisher regularly speaks and writes on issues including anti-SLAPP laws, fair use and the intersection of intellectual property law and emerging technologies. She has spoken at conferences that include the USC Intellectual Property Institute, the American Bar Association’s Conference of the Forum on Communications Law and the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Barristers Intellectual Property and Internet Law Symposium. She also has presented to numerous recorded music and motion picture companies regarding legal developments affecting rightsholders.

Ms. Davis Fisher is active in the legal community, where she serves on the Board of Directors for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Barristers Club and co-chairs the Barristers Judges Reception and Annual Meeting committees.  Ms. Davis Fisher also serves on the Executive Committee for the Barristers Club’s Intellectual Property & Internet Law Section, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Leadership Development Committee, and the Media Law Resource Center’s Anti-SLAPP and Litigation Committees. She was named a 2023 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinder. Ms. Davis Fisher also is actively involved in the Federal Bar Association’s Northern District of California Chapter and is a Barrister in the Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court.

Ms. Davis Fisher is involved in the San Francisco community, where she serves on the Board of Directors of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel and is a member of Prelude at the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet Young Patrons Circle and St. Joseph’s Arts Society.

Ms. Davis Fisher earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar and Student Senate President. After law school, Ms. Davis Fisher clerked for Judge Catharina Haynes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.