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About

Passion. Experience. Diligence.

Results

The firm’s principal, Joshua E. Abraham, litigates regularly in the federal and state courts of New York City and surrounding jurisdictions. He has successfully prosecuted and defended a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, lien foreclosure, specific performance, and preferences and avoidable transfers. He has tried cases in federal and state courts, and in various arbitral forums, and provides general counsel to his clients on various corporate, risk management, and compliance matters. While past results do not guaranty future outcomes, the firm is dedicated to providing its clients with exceptional and cost-effective legal services.

In The News

Joshua E. Abraham is proud to be recognized in the 2017 annual list of “Top 100” verdicts, released by VerdictSearch and ALM, and published in the National Law Journal. This record breaking $25.3 million jury verdict in LifeTree Trading Pte. Ltd. v. Washakie Renewable Energy LLC is ranked as #75 on the list of highest verdicts throughout the nation. The jury’s verdict was the largest trial verdict in the Southern District of New York, and was also ranked by the New York Law Journal as the top breach of contract case in the state.

Publications

The Defamation-Proof Plaintiff: Two Recent Decisions of Interest, New York Law Journal (August 11, 2022)

Is Your Investment Fund a Ponzi Scheme?, Co-authored with Regina Alter and Neil Steinkamp, Law360 (July 8, 2014)

No Yellowstone Relief When Breach is Obvious, Co-authored with Richard Seltzer, The New York Law Journal (July 11, 2007)

Conflicts Create Business and Ethical Concerns, The National Law Journal (January 17, 2005)

A New York Perspective on Workplace ‘Spam’, Co-authored with Jay Waks, New York Employment Law & Practice (August 2003)

 

Get in touch

office@abrahamesq.com

(646) 245-6710

Attorneys

principal

Joshua E. Abraham

Education

Fordham University School of Law
J.D.

Yeshiva University
B.A., Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude

Prior Work Experience

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP – New York, NY

Carter, Ledyard & Milburn LLP – New York, NY

Legal Intern, Hon. Herman Cahn Spreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division

Worldco LLC - New York, NY Equities Trader

Affiliations

  • Federal Bar Council

  • American Bar Association

  • New York City Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States

  • Second Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Southern District of New York

  • Eastern District of New York

  • Northern District of Texas

  • District of Colorado

  • New York State