Elliot Sol Abrams is a partner at Cheshire Parker Schneider who represents individuals in high-stakes cases. A substantial portion of Elliot’s practice involves white-collar criminal defense , asset forfeiture defense , and defending licensed professionals facing disciplinary actions . Elliot also handles select civil matters, such as civil rights cases , and other proceedings, including NCAA Infractions cases and government ethics investigations.
Elliot received this year's Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award for his work securing a $75 million verdict for two wrongly convicted men in a federal civil rights trial . He has been inducted into the Business North Carolina Legal Elite Hall of Fame for Criminal Defense , has consistently been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and North Carolina Super Lawyers, and was a featured Attorney of the Month for Attorney at Law Magazine.
Elliot co-authored the Federal Criminal Practice Chapter of the North Carolina Bar Association’s General Practitioner’s Guide to Criminal Law (2016), is a former President of the Federal Bar Association Eastern District of North Carolina Chapter, won a unanimous en banc decision by the Fourth Circuit related to asset forfeiture ( Lawyers Weekly article , opinion ), has written numerous articles for the national criminal defense publication, The Champion , and has lectured for attorney organizations and civi