Jim Abrams is an associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group.  Mr. Abrams represents developers and investors with regard to land use entitlement and real estate transactional issues.

Mr. Abrams served as a legal extern in the land use division of San Francisco City Attorney's office.  Prior to law school, Mr. Abrams was a city planning consultant with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas in New York City.

Mr. Abrams is a graduate of Stanford Law School where he was the Lead Articles Editor of the Stanford Environmental Law Review.  Mr. Abrams also holds a Master of City Planning Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley with Highest Honors and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.