page_title: Alice S. Fisher
section_title: Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
hierarchical_section_title: Alice S. Fisher / Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
caption_attribution_description: English: RC: 1120: Departure photo with Alice Fisher, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminial Division, Department of Justice. OVP
context_page_description: Alice Stevens Fisher is an American lawyer and partner at the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins LLP. Fisher served as Deputy United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division from 2001 to 2003 and as an Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice Criminal Division
  for three years, from 2005 to May 23, 2008.
  In 2010 Fisher was recognized as one of "Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers" by the National Law Journal and was rated among the top 45 women lawyers under 45 in 2011 by The American Lawyer in 2011.
  On May 13, 2017, Fisher was interviewed for the post of FBI Director following the dismissal of James Comey by President Donald Trump. Fisher withdrew her name from consideration the week of May 15, 2017.
context_section_description: From 2001 to 2003, Fisher was Deputy United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division.
  Fisher served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for three years—from 2005 until she resigned in May 23, 2008, She served as an Assistant Attorney General during President George W. Bush's second term. She was initially appointed in a recess appointment on August 31, 2005, to head the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice. Fisher was confirmed by the Senate on September 19, 2006 in a 61-35 vote.
caption: Fisher with Dick Cheney in 2003
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