He is the William J. Brennan Jr. Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Abrams argued in the CIA leak grand jury investigation. Abrams became a partner in 1970. Abrams earned his undergraduate degree in 1960. He lives in New York City with Efrat. He is a patron of the Media Legal Defence Initiative. From 1961 to 1963, Abrams clerked for the District of Delaware. He returned as a visiting lecturer from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1986 to 1989. He was also a Visiting Lecturer at Columbia Law School from 1981 to 1985. In his 2005 book Speaking Freely, he outlines perspective on these influential cases. Abrams said these cases showcase the work, done on free speech in the United States. His career matured in the late 1960s, right after the Supreme Court decided New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. The Association of the American Advertising Federation have also filed a brief in the suit.