Above The Law Blog Names Floyd Abrams Among Top New York Partners To Work For

by Frances Martel | 11:09 am, December 1st, 2010

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Congratulations are in order to First Amendment attorney and Mediaite contributor/dad Floyd Abrams, who made it onto Above the Law‘s list of Top Partners to Work for in New York! The list in no particular order commends New York’s law partners who are the most fulfilling to work with as associates, and is compiled based on surveys distributed throughout the state.

Above the Law, a blog dedicated to following the happenings and personalities of the legal world (dare we say the Mediaite of law?), asked readers to nominate partners for the title– a process divided into six categories: expertise, quality of work given to associates, hands-on training, feedback, respect for associates’ schedules, and professionalism. Among the praise the blog gives Abrams is not only his ability to “[set] the bar in all survey categories, but as a bonus for working for him, ‘[y]ou could work on a con law book and learn inside info on Ann Coulter.‘”

His career defending the First Amendment rights of journalists– for which he famously defended the New York Times upon publishing the Pentagon Papers– has kept Abrams always close to the media, most recently writing commentary on the Supreme Court’s Citizens United campaign finance decision and analyzing the legal rights of operations such as the whistleblower site Wikileaks.

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I don’t really fancy/like lawyers, so I don’t care.
Floorplay

Not a lawyer, but played one, and a judge, a couple times on TV. ANYONE who speaks out for the First Amendment in behalf of journalism or any God-given right, the Bill of Rights for that matter, can’t be all bad. It must give the recipient a warm feeling when lots of peers bless him. I’d say that’s what the voters did: bless him. Never met the gentleman. But, I’ll tell you this: out of the blue I once burst upon his scene, asked a favor. Because I presumed he’d come through, later I repeated the effrontery, inquired, and sure enough, he’d again come through. Now that’s a rare human being who would, just like that, treat a stranger so kindly….twice!