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Christopher A. Abel

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Christopher A. Abel

Partner
 
Troutman Sanders LLP
150 West Main Street, Suite 1600
Norfolk, Virginia  23510
(Independent City)

Telephone: 757-687-7535
Cell Phone: 757-870-5344
Fax: 757-687-1535
http://www.troutmansanders.com

Email: Contact via email

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#26 out of 863 lawyers in Norfolk, Virginia
#21,466 out of 890,538 total lawyers Overall
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Practice AreasTransportation; Admiralty and Maritime; Employment
 
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EducationCollege of William and Mary, J.D., 1990, United States Coast Guard Academy, B.S., with honors, 1979; Old Dominion University, M.A., 1985
 
Admitted1990, Virginia and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
 
MembershipsYork-Poquoson (Past President), Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Chair, 6th District Committee); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Maritime Law Association.
 
MilitaryCommander, U.S. Coast Guard, 1979-1995
 
BornVerdun, France, 1957
 
BiographyPhi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Prizewinning Author, USNI Proceedings, 1986-1991, Author of the Year, 1991. Adjunct Professor of Law, Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary. Author, Note: "Not Fit for Sea Duty: The Posse Comitatus Act, the United States Navy, and Federal Law Enforcement at Sea," William and Mary Law Review, Winter 1990. President, York Public Library Foundation. General Counsel, American Association of School Personnel Administrators. Member: Boards of Directors, Eastern Virginia Legal Aid Society; Legal Services of Eastern Virginia, Inc.
 
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