LET’S MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
Diane Fener is a lawyer, professor, and writer — but she says these jobs are all the same: making your voice heard.
After earning her bachelor's degree from Boston University, she attended Brandeis University for advanced studies, then went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was president of the student bar association and valedictorian of her graduating class.
Admitted to practice law in New York, California, Virginia and the District of Columbia, she worked at The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworksi as a litigator, then won a grant from the U.S. Justice Department to research key factors in trial outcomes. She went on to join Raoul Felder & Partners in Manhattan, later returning to public service as a Senior Attorney for The Bronx Defenders.
Diane Fener, Esq.
New York, NY
In 2017, she began teaching law at universities in Europe with a focus on the American legal system. She currently teaches Trial Advocacy at Columbia University's School for Professional Studies in New York. She has been interviewed about individual rights, free speech and trial procedures by The Journal of The American Bar Association, Dateline NBC, and The New York Times.
When schools and courts were shut down by the global pandemic, she worked from home editing books and, in 2022, was nominated for an Audie Award. In The New York City Bar Association, she chaired its Senior Lawyers Committee for four years and currently serves on its Rule of Law Task Force. She’s writing two forthcoming books: a memoir, “Waking Up From The American Dream,” and a children’s book, “Billy The Kid.”
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