Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a Abt i tana mahi i muri i tana tohu kura ture i te tau 2000 hei kaitohutohu i te tari o te roia rohe o Manhattan mo nga tau e wha, 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 runga i a Barack Obama
hei kaiwhakahaere pakanga mo te tiaki i te kaitono.