Abbe David Lowell was born on April 28,1952 and is an American defense attorney who has represented several high-profile defendants.
16 Facts About Abbe Lowell
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Some well known political figures Lowell has represented include Bob Menendez, John Edwards, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Hunter Biden, Jim Wright, Dan Rostenkowski, Charles Keating, Joseph McDade, Joe Bruno, Gary Condit, and Jim Gibbons.
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Abbe Lowell graduated from Columbia University in 1974, and Columbia Law School in 1977.
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Abbe Lowell worked in the US Department of Justice, including a stint as an assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti.
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Abbe Lowell has been an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law Center and Columbia University.
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Abbe Lowell has appeared in the media as a legal affairs expert.
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Abbe Lowell was chief minority counsel to US House of Representatives Democratic members during the impeachment of Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal.
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Abbe Lowell has defended political figures including John Edwards, Jim Wright, Dan Rostenkowski, Charles Keating, Gary Condit, former Nevada governor Jim Gibbons, former congressman Joseph McDade, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and US senator Bob Menendez.
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Abbe Lowell was part of the defense of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a State Department contractor who pleaded guilty to a felony count of disclosing classified American intelligence on North Korea.
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Abbe Lowell represented Nickie Lum Davis, who pleaded guilty in August 2020 to illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of international fugitive Jho Low.
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In 2017, Abbe Lowell was involved in discussions about Low's legal and lobbying efforts, which were designed to end the Justice Department's probe of the embezzlement of around $4.5 billion from the Malaysian state fund 1MDB.
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In 2021, Abbe Lowell represented Michael Taylor, the American soldier accused of helping Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan.
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Abbe Lowell was enlisted by California billionaire Sanford Diller to seek a pardon for his friend Hugh Baras.
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In 1982, Abbe Lowell ran unsuccessfully for the Maryland House of Delegates as a Democrat.
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Abbe Lowell heads the development committee and is a trustee of the Shakespeare Theatre.
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Abbe Lowell serves as vice president and general counsel of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in 2020.