Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a Abt i tana mahi whai muri i tana tohu kura ture i te tau 2000 hei kaitōrangapū i te tari o te roia rohe o Manhattan mō ngā tau e whā, kātahi ka huri ki te whakawa hei hoa ki a Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison mai i te 2004 ki te 2008. I te tau 2008, i mahi a Abt i Des Moines, Iowa i te kaupapa a Barack Obama
hei kaiwhakahaere mo te tiaki i te kaitono.