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Municipal Lawyers

Nov. 7, 2013

Mitchell E. Abbott

Richards, Watson & Gershon APC Los Angeles Specialties: land use, election law, litigation, appellate work


About half Abbott's practice is litigation and half is appellate work. "Throughout my career, I've done a lot of work on issues of first impression," he said. "I consider that my contribution."


The most significant such case Abbott handled in the past year is one he lost.


Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark V. Mooney ruled in July that at-large city council elections in Palmdale, Abbott's client, create "racially p...

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