Martin J. Abramson, 62, family-law attorney

Martin J. Abramson, 62, of Ventnor City, died Monday at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., three days after attending his daughter's wedding in Jamaica. The cause of death apparently was a "cardiac event," his wife said.

Mr. Abramson, an attorney, was a partner in the firm of Abramson, Walker & Moore in Woodbury, where he specialized in family law.

He was a fellow with the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; lectured on matrimonial law for the Gloucester County Bar Association; and was active with "Putting Children First" a county program for all parties going though a divorce who have children under the age of 18.

"He put his clients above everything else, and fought like a junkyard dog in court for them," said Clyde Walker, his law partner and longtime friend.

Mr. Abramson's wife, Marcia Weiner Abramson, had recently observed her husband in court. "It was exciting," she said, "he was so quick on his feet."

Mr. Abramson had been counsel to the Gloucester County Board of Freeholders for more than 15 years.

A graduate of Northeast High School, Mr. Abramson served in the Air Force from 1963 to 1967 in Spain and in the States.

After earning a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Temple University, he was a law clerk to Superior Court judges in Gloucester County for a year. He then had a solo practice and practiced with various partners until forming a partnership with Walker and Barbara Barclay Moore in 1999.

He and his wife met on a blind date and married in 1969. Their daughter, Jennifer, married William Gervasoni on June 8.

The wedding was perfect, Marcia Abramson said, and her husband was so proud to be the father of the bride. He was taken ill the next night at their hotel in Jamaica, she said, and was flown to the hospital in Miami.

He enjoyed travel, music and theater, she said, and was a Civil War buff.

"He was an amazing husband and father," she said. "Anything his kids were interested in, he was interested in."

Mr. Abramson and his wife were longtime residents of Woodbury until moving to Ventnor City last year.

In addition to his wife and daughter, he is survived by a son, Robert; his mother, Anne Kamp; a brother; and two sisters.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Platt Memorial Chapel, 2001 Berlin Rd., Cherry Hill. Friends may call at 10:15 a.m. Burial will be in Montefiore Cemetery, Rockledge.