Fishman Firm - Criminal Defense Lawyer in Philadelphia

After graduating cum laude from Temple University Law School where he was an editor on the Temple Law Review, Brian went to work as an Assistant District Attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. There he tried hundreds of cases, including many jury trials. Brian litigated cases in Pennsylvania’s Municipal Court, Juvenile Court and the Court of Common Pleas. Brian, as a Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, prosecuted a variety of serious criminal cases including rape, firearm offenses, attempted murder, burglary, robbery, DUIs and narcotics offenses. As a prosecutor, Brian handled every aspect of a criminal case from preliminary hearing through trial. Brian left the District Attorney’s Office in 2005, and spent the next eight years working under a very reputable Philadelphia trial attorney. At the beginning of 2014, Brian reached a milestone in his career and opened up his own law practice, the Fishman Firm, LLC. Brian has utilized his invaluable experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney to advance his client’s interests. In private practice, Brian has handled countless preliminary hearings, bail and Nebbia motions, detainer petitions and all types of pre-trial motions including, but not limited to, motions to quash, motions to suppress and motions to reveal confidential informants. Brian has tried over one hundred bench or waiver trials for charges ranging from DUI to possession with intent to deliver and assault to gunpoint rape and robbery. Brian has tried over forty jury trials to verdict as sole counsel. Also, Brian has handled appeals, filing complex legal briefs and arguing before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania as well as filed Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) Petitions and Petitions for Allowance of Appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Brian has also built up a practice handling civil matters. He has successfully secured monetary damages for clients suffering injuries in car accidents, slip & falls, malpractice actions, cases against SEPTA and civil rights cases. If you or a loved one has been charged with a criminal offense, injured in an accident due to the negligence of another or had your civil rights violated, contact Brian M. Fishman immediately for a free consultation. Brian Fishman represents the criminally accused in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Chester County. If you or a loved one has been charged with or are the target of a criminal investigation, do not talk to law enforcement. Your first call should be to the Fishman Firm for a free consultation. It will be the first and most important step you take in seeing that your rights are protected.