Prior to joining LSHV, Ms. Abraham served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. She handled misdemeanor and felony matters in the Local Criminal Courts and Grand Jury Bureau, Gang Violence and Firearms Bureau, and Public Integrity Bureau. In addition, she served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Lisa Margaret Smith, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in History with a Russian Language Concentration. She received her law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law, where she served as Co-Editor in Chief of the Human Rights Brief. She lives in Rockland County with her husband, Rabbi Brian Leiken, and their two boys.