Eric Abrams

Eric Abrams joined the firm in 2023. Prior to joining ECBAWM, they were a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where they focused on white collar and regulatory defense, investigations, and class actions. They also maintained a robust pro bono practice, which included the representation of an Alabama death row client in post-conviction proceedings; excessive force and retaliation cases on behalf of incarcerated people; transgender rights, including in jails and prisons; COVID-19-related jail and prison conditions and vaccination policy for incarcerated people; racial justice litigation against the Proud Boys; and domestic violence-related mitigation proceedings under the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA).

Since joining ECBAWM, they have assisted in achieving positive results for clients across a broad range of cases, including obtaining final approval of a class action settlement securing significant financial and injunctive relief for LGBTQ+ policyholders in a “groundbreaking case” brought against an insurance company for unequal coverage in fertility treatment; recovering nearly $3.6 million for the family of a woman fatally suffocated by state aides while under the care of a New York state facility for people with disabilities; obtaining an acquittal on all charges, including second-degree murder, in a wrongful conviction re-trial; defeating Governor Hochul’s attempt to dismiss a case challenging the Governor’s “pause” of congestion pricing, ultimately leading to the program’s implementation; and defeating a motion challenging the constitutionality of the source-of-income discrimination provision of the New York City Human Rights Law.