Abbe David Lowell is frequently recognized by numerous legal publications as one of the most successful white collar defense and trial attorneys in the United States. He has also been named as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in the country. Abbe has successfully tried high-profile criminal and civil cases ranging from public corruption, financial fraud (securities, bank, tax, accounting, bankruptcy), conspiracy, defamation, civil rights, election law, obstruction and false statements, APA, unfair trade practices, and the Foreign Agents Registration and Espionage Acts before juries in more than 15 different states and over 20 federal districts. He also has argued appeals in more than half the federal courts of appeals, the highest courts in half a dozen states, and before 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 served as Chief Minority Counsel to Congress during the impeachment proceedings of President Clinton. He is a former Special Counsellor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, New York, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia. In legal and non-legal publications, he has authored numerous articles on the law, and he teaches criminal procedure, evidence, trial practice, and congressional oversight and investigations at Georgetown Law Center and Columbia Law School. He serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Bard (Lawyer) Association of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Board of Georgetown Ministry Center, and has been Vice President and General Counsel of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. He is a graduate with honors of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.