Dan Abrams (born May 20, 1966) is an American web entrepreneur and television presenter who serves as the Chief Legal Affairs anchor for ABC News, the host of Live PD on the A&E cable network, and the host of The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets The Law on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. channel. Abrams also created and hosts Court Cam, a Law&Crime Production on A&E which was the #1 cable show on Thursday nights in 2019. He is a legal commentator, author, and former anchor of Nightline. Abrams also worked as the chief legal correspondent and analyst for NBC News and general manager of MSNBC, and doubled as an anchor for the same network.
Abrams was born in Manhattan, the son of Efrat and attorney Floyd Abrams. He is a 1984 graduate of Riverdale Country School. Abrams received his B.A. cum laude in political science from Duke University in 1988. While at Duke, he anchored newscasts on the student-run channel Cable 13 and was vice president of the student body. Abrams received a J.D. from Columbia Law School.