Criminal Defense Attorney
CurrentElliot cares deeply about his clients, stands up for them in and out of court, and enforces their rights.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 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 has won multiple federal and state, civil and criminal jury trials, including obtaining one of the largest personal injury verdicts in North Carolina history and winning a complete acquittal in a recent first-degree murder trial. 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 civic groups on a wide array of topics including asset forfeiture and high-tech government surveillance techniques.
