“Tell me about your cases!” This was always my desperate, last-ditch plea. My final chance at getting my dad to let me stay up past my bedtime. And it worked every time.
Over the course of his distinguished career, my father, Floyd Abrams, has worked on more than his fair share of groundbreaking cases. But as I think about why he is deserving of the New York Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, I think not just about the ways he has contributed to the law, but the ways he has contributed to the profession. Although he is a well-respected writer, scholar and professor, at heart he is just a lawyer and darn proud of it. Well before I knew what the Pentagon Papers were, I knew that. His passion for the practice is, I am certain, why I was that kid who always wanted to be a lawyer too.
