Welcome

Joe’s Current Service for the Town of Hingham

Joe currently serves on the Hingham Sewer Commission and as Hingham’s representative to the MBTA Advisory Board.

In the Spring of 2025 Joe concluded his service as a member of the Hingham Select Board and the Board of Water Commissioners, where he advocated for the best interests of Hingham residents and helped create a vision for the future of our Town.

Family

Joe and his wife Laura have resided in Hingham since 1992. They are the proud parents of Rebecca and Benjamin, both graduates of Hingham High School. In 2022 Rebecca joyfully married Max Resnick and in 2024 the couple welcomed their son Ezra to their home in Beverly. Benjamin resides in Austin, TX and is engaged to be married to Jessie Stein in 2026.

Experience and Qualifications

TOWN OF HINGHAM

  • Member, Hingham Sewer Commission
  • Hingham’s Representative, MBTA Advisory Board
  • Past Chair, Hingham Select Board
  • Past Chair, Board of Water Commissioners
  • Past Chair, Hingham Zoning Board of Appeals
  • Past Chair, Hingham Conservation Commission
  • Past Member, Long Range Waste Disposal and Recycling Committee (now known as Cleaner Greener Hingham)

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

  • Hearing Officer appointed by the Board of Bar Overseers, Boston, MA
  • Appointed Arbitrator, Legal Fee Arbitration Board of the Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Past Vice Chair and Hingham representative, Citizens’ Advisory Committee, Redevelopment of the Former South Weymouth Naval Air Station

VOLUNTEER DIRECTORSHIPS

  • Past President, Board of Trustees, Congregation Sha’aray Shalom, Hingham, MA
  • Past President, Board of Trustees, Old Colony Montessori School, Hingham, MA
  • Past President, Board of Directors, The Ronald McDonald House, Washington, DC
  • Founding Board Member, Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation, Hingham and Norwell, MA

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
  • B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • President, The Notice Company, Inc., Hingham, MA
  • Attorney, Fisher Law Offices, Hingham, MA
  • Senior Vice President and General Counsel , Financial Protection Services, Inc., Springfield, VA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA
  • Lawyer, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Economics , University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Adjunct Professor, Roger Williams University School of Law
  • Teaching Fellow, Yale University Department Of Economics

Contact Joe

Joe’s email address is joefisher.hingham@gmail.com