Michael Abrams

Michael R. Abrams joined Brown, Goldstein & Levy in September 2022.  Before joining the firm, Michael was the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at the Public Justice Center. As the Murnaghan Fellow, Michael presented oral argument and filed principal briefs, amicus briefs, and cert petitions in state and federal courts, seeking to enforce civil rights and advance racial equity at the appellate level.

Previously, Michael served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and to Judge Kathleen Cardone of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Michael graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with honors, where he was the Executive Notes Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a teaching assistant in the legal writing program. During law school, Michael was a student attorney in the Juvenile Justice Clinic and published research on legal and public health issues raised by the opioid overdose epidemic. He also worked as a law clerk at Brown, Goldstein & Levy and at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.