Oct. 5, 2002

Mistaken-Identity Vortex Ensnares Two Lawyers

LOS ANGELES - They're lawyers, they're in Century City, and their names sound exactly the same. A single "c" separates the two. First, there's Barry Alan Fisher, the human rights advocate, who plays the clarinet and performs gypsy wedding music in his klezmer band called Ellis Island. Well known for his work for religious freedom, Fisher has spent nearly three decades litigating on behalf of Holocaust class victims.