Eugene Roy Fidell (born March 31, 1945) is an American lawyer specializing in

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. He is currently the Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law at

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.
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Family

Fidell has been married to

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-winning reporter

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since January 1, 1981. Together they have one daughter, filmmaker Hannah Margalit Fidell (born October 7, 1985).

Current practice

Fidell is a former partner with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, a law firm in

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. He joined the firm in 1984, and now is listed as "of counsel."
firm website

Guantanamo

Fidell has been a critic of the George W. Bush, Bush

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's policy on captives taken in the " war on terror". Commenting on

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's analysis of the classified dossiers prepared for captives'

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s, Fidell said,

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of ''

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'' described Fidell holding back in participating in preparing a brief submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of National Institute of Military Justice and the

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because of the concern it would be considered a conflict of interest, since his wife, journalist

, was covering the case. NIMJ is associated with

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'' published an article written by

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and

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, criticizing ''The New York Times'' for failing to show more support for their employee. According to Bazelon and Lithwick, the main critic of Greenhouse covering stories where her husband Fidell has a role is M. Edward Whelan III of the ''

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''. They wrote:

Publications

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fidell, Eugene R. American lawyers 1945 births Harvard Law School alumni Living people Yale Law School faculty