Biography for
Floyd Abrams More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

Trivia

Father of MSNBC anchor Dan Abrams.

Partner with the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in Manhattan.

First Amendment lawyer who argued the "Pentagon Papers" case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Defended the Brooklyn Museum of Art from Rudolph W. Giuliani, NBC from Wayne Newton, Al Franken from a trademark lawsuit from FOX News Channel, and The New York Times and Judith Miller in the CIA leak grand jury investigation.

Attended Cornell University (B.A., 1956) and Yale Law School (LL.B., 1960).

Personal Quotes

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.