Abbe Lowell

Who is Abbe Lowell?

Abbe David Lowell is an American defense attorney who was Chief Minority Counsel to Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives during the impeachment of Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal.

Lowell graduated from Columbia University 1974 and Columbia Law School in 1977.

In 1982, Lowell ran unsuccessfully for the Maryland House of Delegates as a Democrat.

Lowell worked in the U.S. Department of Justice, including a stint as an assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law Center

Lowell has defended political figures including John Edwards, Jim Wright, Dan Rostenkowski, Charles Keating, and Gary Condit former Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, U.S. Rep. Joseph McDade and lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Lowell was part of the defense of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, and has appeared in the media as a legal affairs expert.

He is currently a partner at the firm of Chadbourne & Parke.

Lowell is an active member of the Jewish Community, serving as Vice President and General Counsel of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington.