Legal publications frequently refer to Abbe David Lowell as one of the most successful white collar defense and trial attorneys in the United States, counting him among the country’s 100 Most Influential Lawyers. Abbe has successfully tried high-profile criminal and civil cases before juries in more than 15 different states and over 20 federal districts. These cases have ranged from public corruption, financial fraud, conspiracy, and defamation, to civil rights, election law, obstruction and false statements, as well as APA, unfair trade practices, and the Foreign Agents Registration and Espionage Acts. He has argued appeals before more than half of the federal courts of appeals, the highest courts in half a dozen states, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has represented clients in numerous congressional oversight and other hearings as well as enforcement actions brought by various federal agencies, state attorneys general, and local prosecutors.

Abbe was chief minority counsel to Congress during the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. He served as a special counselor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, New York City, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia. He has written numerous articles on the law for both legal and non-legal publications and teaches criminal procedure, evidence, trial practice, and congressional oversight and investigations at both Georgetown Law Center and Columbia Law School. Abbe serves as vice chair of the board of trustees and as chair of the Bard (Lawyer) Association of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, is on the board of Georgetown Ministry Center, and has been vice president and general counsel of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. He graduated with honors from Columbia College and Columbia Law school.

Abbe is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia, New York, and Maryland.