Bloomberg Law
December 1, 2016, 9:26 PM UTC

Floyd Abrams on Trump, Fake News, and 53 Years at Cahill

Casey Sullivan

Floyd Abrams, 80, has practiced at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as many years as he has been married: 53. But his path to Cahill was nothing magical.

In short, the federal judge he clerked for in Delaware handed him a list of law firm recommendations, and because it was alphabetical, Cahill stood at the top of the list. So that’s the first firm he phoned up for an interview and after a four-hour meeting, he was offered a job.

“So, yeah... that’s how life is,” Abrams said, with a laugh.

Although he didn’t expect much fulfillment out of a career in ...

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