Abbe Lowell

Abbe David Lowell (born c. 1952) 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 in 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 and Columbia University.

Lowell has defended political figures including John Edwards, Jim Wright, Dan Rostenkowski, Charles Keating, Gary Condit, former Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, U.S. Rep. Joseph McDade, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and Sen. Bob Menendez. As of June 2017, Lowell is representing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in inquiries linked to Russia.

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.

He is currently a partner at the firm of Norton Rose Fulbright. He has appeared in the media as a legal affairs expert.

Lowell is head of the Development Committee and a Trustee of The Shakespeare Theatre and is an active member of the Jewish Community, serving as Vice President and General Counsel of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington.

Lowell will be representing Jared Kushner in the ongoing Russian investigation, after Jamie Gorelick stepped back from the lead role in July 2017.