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Floyd Abrams
Abrams in 2006
Born
(1936-07-09) July 9, 1936 (age 87)
New York City, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
Cornell University (BA) Yale University (JD)
Occupation
Attorney
Employer
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Known for
First Amendment litigation
Spouse
Efrat Surasky
(m. 1963)
Children
Dan Abrams
Ronnie Abrams
Family
Elliott Abrams (cousin)
Floyd Abrams (born in July 9, 1936) is an American lawyer. A member of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, he has argued in 13 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Abrams represented The New York Times in 1972 during the Pentagon Papers case, Judith Miller in the CIA leak grand jury investigation, Standard & Poor's and Lorillard Tobacco Company. He also argued for Citizens United during the 2010 Supreme Court case.[1][2]
^"Facial Recognition Start-Up Mounts a First Amendment Defense in Privacy Suits". The New York Times. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^Wilson, Chris (2023-09-18). "13 Supreme Court appearances and other important cases in Floyd Abrams' career". American Masters. PBS. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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case." The company also hired Paul Clement and FloydAbrams to bolster their legal team. FloydAbrams stated the issue of privacy rights versus free speech...
published the first of seven articles on the Pentagon Papers. According to FloydAbrams, Sulzberger "made the call to accept the risks rather than those of silence"...
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members of Congress know what's in these bills." Constitutional expert FloydAbrams, representing the MPAA and related trade groups, wrote a Letter to Congress...
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George Floyd. The discussions continued into the following school year and resulted in the departure of school head Jim Best. Alumni Ronnie Abrams, US judge...
was just doing his job. Penosi seemed amused, and so were we."FloydAbrams. FloydAbrams and the Wayne Newton case Frank Piccolo Organized crime Wayne...
rather than a journalistic partner. Prominent First Amendment lawyer FloydAbrams writes that WikiLeaks is not a journalistic organisation, but instead...
fellow Yale alumnus, Andy Lipka. Guests have included Bob Woodward, FloydAbrams, and Gary Hart. Amar and his wife, Vinita Parkash, married in 1989. He...
anti-smoking advocacy on the government's behalf. A First Amendment lawyer, FloydAbrams, is representing the tobacco companies in the case, contending requiring...
or absent compelling reasons" and of well-known free speech litigator FloydAbrams, who said, "CNN might have reluctance to have a lawsuit titled 'CNN vs...
gatherings at shopping malls and libraries; constitutional law professor FloydAbrams and lawyer John Langford opined that Beshear's order was inappropriate...
campaign finance; Sotomayor dissented. In her vigorous examination of FloydAbrams, representing the First Amendment issues in the case, Sotomayor challenged...
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