Dan Abrams

Biography

NBC News Chief Legal Correspondent Dan Abrams hosts "The Abrams Report" weeknights on MSNBC. Abrams joined NBC News as a general assignment correspondent in 1997 and quickly became a regular contributor to "NBC Nightly News," "Today," and "Dateline NBC." Abrams has reported on all of the highest-profile cases of the past decade including the Bush v. Gore post-election battles, President Clinton impeachment trial, the Scott Peterson trial and the Oklahoma City bombing trials. More recently, he has covered legal issues associated with the War on Terror and provided in-depth analysis and coverage of the Michael Jackson trial. Prior to joining NBC News, Abrams served as an anchor and reporter for Court TV. In that capacity he covered the OJ Simpson criminal and civil trials from Los Angeles, the International War Crimes Tribunal from The Netherlands, and the assisted-suicide trials of Dr. Kevorkian from Michigan. He also worked as an NBC News consultant from 1995 to 1997. An accomplished writer, Abrams has had articles published in, among others: The New York Times, USA Today magazine, The American Lawyer, and the Yale Law and Policy Review. He also writes a monthly legal column for Men's Health magazine. A 1988 alumnus of Duke University, Abrams graduated cum laude with a B.A. in political science. He received his law degree from Columbia University in 1992. He currently resides in New York City.