Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams currently serves as the chief legal analyst for ABC News. He is a regular contributor to all ABC News programs, including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “20/20” and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
Abrams joined ABC News as a legal analyst in February 2011, when he was also hosting Discovery ID’s “Chasing Justice with Dan Abrams.” He previously served as a co-anchor of “Nightline” and a substitute anchor for “Good Morning America.” He is the host of top-rated “Live PD” on the A&E Network and of “The Dan Abrams Show” every weekday on Sirius XM’s POTUS Channel.
Prior to 2011, Abrams worked at NBC for 15 years as a reporter for NBC’s “Nightly News,” host on MSNBC, and chief legal correspondent for NBC News. From 2006 to late 2007, he served as general manager of MSNBC, where he presided over a period of unprecedented growth with ratings and profits each increasing well over 50% during his tenure. During that time, he was also a member of the NBCUniversal President’s Council.
Abrams is founder and CEO of Abrams Media, which includes the 24/7 Law & Crime Network, as well as popular websites such as Mediaite.com and TheMarySue.com. Together, the Abrams Media Network welcomes over 10 million unique visitors per month.
A graduate of Columbia University Law School, Abrams is a recognized writer. He has published multiple articles in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, in addition to the Yale Law & Policy Review, The Daily Beast and Mediaite, among many others.
Abrams first book, “Man Down: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt That Women Are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters, Hedge Fund Managers and Just About Everything Else,” was a Washington Post Bestseller; and his books “Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to The Presidency,” “Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy” and “John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father’s Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial” all spent multiple weeks on The New York Times Bestseller lists. His two most recent books, “Kennedy’s Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby” and “Alabama v. King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Criminal Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement,” were also national bestsellers.
