Dan Abrams joined NBC News as a general assignment correspondent based in New York in 1997. He covers both legal and non-legal stories for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Today and Dateline NBC.

A former Court TV reporter and anchor, Abrams has continued his legal reporting at NBC News. He has covered a number of high-profile trials, including those of au pair Louise Woodward and accused Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, the pre-trial hearings for Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski and the defamation trial against talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

       Prior to joining NBC News, Abrams served as an anchor and reporter for Court TV since 1992. During his tenure, he covered the O.J. Simpson murder trial from Los Angeles, the Timothy McVeigh trial from Denver, the International War Crimes trial from The Hague, Netherlands, and the assisted-suicide trails of Dr. Jack Kevorkian from Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.

       In addition to his reporting duties, Abrams was a daytime anchor for Court TV and anchored the weekly program Teen Court TV. Abrams served as an NBC News consultant reporting on the O.J. Simpson murder and civil trials with regular appearances on NBC Nightly News, Today and Dateline NBC since 1995.

       An accomplished writer, Abrams has published articles in The New York Times, The Nation, USA Today, The American Lawyer, George and the Yale Law and Policy Review.