Contact Information

Main phone

301-652-6880

Fax

301-652-8972

Email

cabell@fdalaw.com

Assistant

Beth Krespan

Practice Description

• Estate Planning and Probate Administration
• General Tax
• Corporate

Experience

Mr. Abell advises clients on a wide range of estate planning matters, including planning and drafting of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, charitable gift planning, planning for transfer of family businesses, conservation planning for real estate, and disability planning. Mr. Abell assists personal representatives and trustees in the administration of estates and trusts and provides legal and tax advice relevant to such administration. Mr. Abell's tax and corporate practice includes corporate formations and dissolutions, corporate tax planning, pension and benefits matters, mergers, sales, and shareholder agreements.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Abell was an associate at Covington & Burling, in Washington, D.C. Before entering private practice, Mr. Abell served as law clerk to the Honorable Thomas F. Hogan, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Bar and Court Admissions

• Maryland, 1996
• District of Columbia, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Maryland State Bar Association
• The District of Columbia Bar
• Maryland State Bar Association Estates & Trusts Section Council
• The Barristers

Publications and Presentations

• Note, "Ignoring the Trees for the Forests: How the Citizen Suit Provision of the Clean Water Act Violates the Constitution's Separation of Powers Principle," 81 Va. L.R. 1957 (1995).

• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington (Board of Directors, Vice Chairman 2007)
• Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute (Board of Directors, Vice Chairman 2007)
• Anchor Mental Health (Board of Directors, Vice Chairman 2007)
• Spanish Catholic Center (Board of Directors, Vice Chairman 2007)
• John Carroll Society (Treasurer)

• B.A., Princeton University, 1991 (cum laude)
• Visiting Scholar, Oxford University, 1991-1992
• J.D., University of Virginia, 1996 (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)