
Circuit Judge Raymond Corley Fisher of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals calls former Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher "my mentor and friend."
Fisher's career en route to the federal appellate bench has been entwined with Christopher's ever since Christopher cold-called Fisher in 1963 and persuaded him to enroll at Stanford Law School, part of an effort by the school to enlist distinguished graduates to recruit promising students.
Fisher, now 7... (continued)