Steven L. Abrams

{{short description|American politician (born 1958)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Steven Abrams

| order =

| office1 = Member of the
Palm Beach County Commission
from the 4th district

| term_start1 = March 2009

| term_end1 = January 2019

| predecessor1 = Mary McCarty

| successor1 = Robert S. Weinroth

| office2 = Mayor of Boca Raton, Florida

| term_start2 = April 2001{{cite news|title=Mayors of Boca Raton |url=http://www.bocahistory.org/exhibits/exhibits_past.asp |work=Boca Raton Historical Society |access-date=2013-07-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427041653/http://www.bocahistory.org/exhibits/exhibits_past.asp |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }}

| term_end2 = April 2008

| predecessor2 = Carol Hanson

| successor2 = Susan Whelchel

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}

| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

| birth_name = Steven Leon Abrams

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Harvard University (BA)
George Washington University (JD)

| profession =

| residence =

| spouse =

| children =

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| party = Republican

}}

Steven L. Abrams (born 1958) is an American politician. He was the first mayor of Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. He previously served as chairman of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners and represented District 4 on the county commission. Abrams formerly served as chairman and executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. He is the former mayor of the City of Boca Raton, Florida.[https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/03/09/daily68.html "Abrams named to Palm Beach County Commission"], bizjournals.com. March 13, 2009. Accessed August 14, 2022.

A lawyer, he was elected mayor in March 2001 and re-elected in 2003 and 2005. He previously served as a city council member from 1989 to 1999. In March 2009, Abrams was appointed by then-Florida governor Charlie Crist to occupy the district four county commission seat vacated by Mary McCarty after her resignation due to federal corruption charges. He won election to a full term when no one filed to run against him in 2010. Abrams received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in Government in 1980 and his J.D. degree from The George Washington University in 1985. His past experience includes law clerk in the White House under President Ronald Reagan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbcgov.com/countycommissioners/district4/biography.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128062434/http://www.pbcgov.com/countycommissioners/district4/biography.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-11-28|title=Steven L. Abrams - Biography|date=2010-11-28|access-date=2018-08-27}} He was a partner of the now defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler firm.{{cite web|url=http://rra-law.com/abrams.asp|title= Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler|access-date=August 14, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090615052346/http://www.rra-law.com/abrams.asp|archive-date= 2009-06-15|url-status=dead}}

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Sources

  • [https://archive.today/20110708125322/http://www.cbs12.com/news/crist_4715703___article.html/raton_mccarty.html Gov. Crist names Boca Raton's former mayor to replace Mary McCarty], cbs12.com. Accessed August 14, 2009.

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Category:1958 births

Category:Living people

Category:County commissioners in Florida

Category:County executives in Florida

Category:Mayors of Boca Raton, Florida

Category:Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa

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Category:Florida lawyers

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