Elkan Abramowitz

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Elkan Abramowitz is a leading white collar criminal defense lawyer experienced in handling civil and criminal matters in state and federal court for individual and corporate clients. He has built his career as a trial lawyer representing prestigious clients who have fallen into high stakes personal and professional crises both in and outside the courtroom.

Among his many honors, Elkan has received the Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy presented by the Office of the Appellate Defender, the New York Council of Defense Lawyers’ Norman S. Ostrow award for the defense of liberty and the preservation of individual rights, the New York Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Police Athletic League’s Robert M. Morgenthau Award. He was also selected by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business to receive its Lifetime Achievement Award and has been named a leading lawyer by Chambers USA in the area of Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations every year since Chambers’ 2003 launch in the United States. He has been described as “an unquestioned dean of the field … with a potent combination of experience, intelligence and composure” and “[o]ne of the best trial lawyers in the nation.”