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Floyd Abrams

Floyd Abrams is a member of the Cahill Gordon & Reindel's Executive Committee and its litigation practice group. Mr. Abrams has a national trial and appellate practice in high-visibility matters involving the First Amendment, intellectual property, insurance, public policy and regulatory issues. He has argued frequently in the Supreme Court and his clients have included the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Time magazine, Business Week, The Nation, and Reader's Digest.

Mr. Abrams defended the Brooklyn Museum of Art in its legal battles with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. In 1999, he represented CNN in seeking to persuade the United States Senate to permit the public to view its deliberations as it determined whether or not to convict President Clinton of alleged high crimes and misdemeanors. He represented Nina Totenberg and National Public Radio in the 1992 “leak” investigation conducted by the United States Senate arising out of the confirmation hearing of Justice Clarence Thomas and, in 2004 and 2005, Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper in their efforts to avoid revealing their confidential sources.

Mr. Abrams is listed annually as one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal. He is the author of Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment, published by Viking Press (2005).