Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler

Steven L.
Abrams
Partner
954.315.7357
sabrams@rra-
law.com

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Mr. Abrams is a Partner with the firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler located in Boca Raton, FL. Mr. Abrams practices in the areas of Government Relations and Public Relations

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Mayor Abrams was elected Mayor of Boca Raton in 2001 and was reelected in 2003 without opposition and in 2005 with the most votes in city history. He was named Mayor Emeritus when he stepped down in 2008 due to term limits.

Mayor Abrams gained national exposure and local respect during the first bioterrorist attack in American history when anthrax was discovered at the AMI building in October 2001. Mayor Abrams received the Distinguished Service Medal from the Israel National Police for his leadership during the ordeal. He testified on national television on the government’s response at the invitation of a UnitedStates Senate subcommittee.

Prior to moving to Florida, Mayor Abrams served in the White House as law clerk to the Counsel to President Reagan and current Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.

Member: Five terms as City Council Member from 1989 to 1999, including three years as Deputy Mayor; City’s Planning and Zoning Board between 1987 and 1989; Former President of the Palm Beach County League of Cities; Founding Board Member of the Florida League of Mayors.
Awards:
Recipient of the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for the best Government senior thesis at Harvard University; Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Everglades University, 2005.

Biography: Mayor Abrams is a member of the firm’s Government Relations and Public Affairs Department and is opening the firm’s full-time Boca Raton office.

He provides strategic advice and represents clients who need to get before city,county, state, or federal officials to solve their problems. He offers government relations services in a range of practice areas, including land use and zoning,outsourcing and procurement, municipal finance, economic development, and emergency preparedness. Mr. Abrams brings a wealth of contacts in municipalities around the state, county governments, regional agencies, and stateand federal government.

Mayor Abrams is also the co-founder of the Mayoral Leadership Institute with former Delray Beach Mayor Jeff Perlman. The non-profit, bipartisan think tank
will develop programs focusing on local governance and public policy.

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