Floyd Abrams

Why Is Floyd Abrams Influential?

Areas of Specialization: Constitutional Law
Floyd Abrams is an attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, the William J. Brennan Jr. Visiting Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a specialist in constitutional law. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

He is best known for his work on First Amendment cases such as his representation of The New York Times and Judith Miller in the CIA leak investigation. He is widely considered one of the most influential lawyers in America and has been the recipient of many awards, including the William J. Brennan, Jr. Award, the Learned Hand Award of the American Jewish Committee , the Thurgood Marshall Award of the New York State Bar Association, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Law Journal. Most recently, he was awarded the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award, for his efforts on behalf of the protection of free speech.

So deep is Abram’s experience that he is considered the foremost expert on First Amendment Law. In 2013, Ronald K.L. Collins published a book about his work, Nuanced Absolutism: Floyd Abrams & the First Amendment. Among his most prominent cases are his work representing clients such as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Al Franken and on the Pentagon Papers case.

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According to Wikipedia, Floyd Abrams is an American attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He is an expert on constitutional law, and has argued 13 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Abrams represented The New York Times in 1971 during the Pentagon Papers case, Judith Miller in the CIA leak grand jury investigation, Standard & Poor's and Lorillard Tobacco Company. He argued for Citizens United during the 2010 Supreme Court case.

Floyd Abrams's Published Works

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Published Papers

Culture Wars : Documents from the Recent Controversies in the Arts (66)
The Soul of the First Amendment (7)
Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment (6)
Friend of the Court (5)
The Content and Context of Hate Speech: On American Hate Speech Law (4)
Protecting the Heart of the First Amendment, Defending Citizens United (3)
Friend of the Court: On the Front Lines with the First Amendment (2)
The Press Is Different: Reflections on Justice Stewart and the Autonomous Press (2)
The First Amendment and the War Against Terrorism (2)
Hate Speech: The Present Implications of a Historical Dilemma (1)
U.S. conflict minerals regulations and the electronics industry (1)
Early Calls of Election Results and Exit Polls: Pros, Cons, and Constitutional ConsiderationsPress Practices, Polling Restrictions, Public Opinion and First Amendment Guarantees (1)
Trial Tactics: Sponsorship Costs of the Adversary System (0)
Cahill Wins Appeal Against the FDA on Behalf of Lorillard Tobacco Company (0)
The First Amendment and National Security (0)
First Amendment Postcards From the Edge of Cyberspace (Keynote Address) (0)
In Defense of Tornillo (0)
Debate on Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission (0)
A Worthy Tradition: The Scholar and the First Amendment (0)
Report on CNN Broadcast “Valley of Death” (0)
The First Amendment in the Second Circuit: Reflections on Edwards v. National Audobon Society, Inc., the Past and the Future (0)
Free Speech and Civil Liberties in the Second Circuit (0)
Through the Looking-Glass (0)
Pretrial Discovery and the Adversary System, by William A. Glaser (0)
Friend of the Court (0)
Symposium: Free Speech Under Fire: The Future of the First Amendment (0)
Fifteen Practice Areas and Twenty-two Cahill Partners Recognized by Chambers USA (0)
The First Amendment and the Imminence of Harm (0)
Essential Liberty: First Amendment Battles for a Free Press (0)
Settler's Remorse (0)