Lawyer, Teacher, Author.

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 and earned 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 shifted from practicing law to teaching law, first as a Visiting Professor at universities in Europe teaching seminars on the U.S. Constitution, then joining the faculty of Columbia University as an Instructor in the School for Professional Studies teaching a class in Trial Advocacy.

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.

In 2019, when the coronavirus pandemic closed down schools and courts, she continued to work from home editing books for Pagewater Publishing, Inc., and in 2022, the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences nominated her for an Audie Award.

A leader in The New York City Bar Association, she chaired its Senior Lawyers Committee for four years and currently serves as a member of its Rule of Law Task Force. She’s also at work writing two forthcoming books: a memoir, “Waking Up From The American Dream,” and a children’s book, “Billy The Kid.”