Background
Abbott, Michael was born on February 28, 1942 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States.
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Michael Abbott
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University of Wyoming (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1964). Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1968). Spoken languages: French.
Career
Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 United States. 67 (1972); Evans v. United States, 504 United States. 255 (1992).Worked at C. Michael Abbott, Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1968, Florida. 1969, Michigan and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Florida. 1972, United States. Supreme Court.
1975, Georgia and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Georgia. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, 1969-1970.
Author: "Professional Soul Searching," 2 Journal of Southern Legal History 269 (1993).
"The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines-What They Are-How They Work (And What Peoples Are Saying About Them)," I.C.L.E., 1990. "An Overview of the New Federal Sentencing Guidelines," 25 Georgia State Bar Journal 16, 1988.
"Fuentes v. Shevin: A Narrative of Federal Test Litigation in the Legal Services Program," 57 Iowa Law Review 955, 1972.
Assistant Professor of Law, 1971-1975, Assistant Dean, 1972-1975 and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1977-1982, Emory University Law School. Faculty, Attorney General"s Advocacy Institute, United States. Department of Justice, 1981-1982.
Director: Florida Institutional Legal Services, Gainesville, Florida, 1975-1976.
Training Director, Georgia Criminal Justice Council, 1976-1977. Assistant United States.
Attorney, 1977-1982. Chief, White Collar Crime Section, Northern District of Georgia, 1979-1981.
Special Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1981.
Member, Eleventh Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1992-1995. Chairperson, ICLE Annual White Collar Crime Seminar, 1990.
Atlanta Judicial Commission, 1997-2000.
Member: Atlanta and American (Member, White Collar Crime Committee) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Eleventh Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1992-1995. Chairperson, ICLE Annual White Collar Crime Seminar, 1990. Atlanta Judicial Commission, 1997-2000.
Member: Atlanta and American (Member, White Collar Crime Committee) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
