NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Matthew Abel is the senior partner at Cannabis Counsel®, a boutique cannabis law firm, cannabiscounsel.com.
He is a lifetime member of the International Cannabis Bar Association, where he is a founding member and serves on the Board of Directors. canbar.org
Mr. Abel is Chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Marijuana Law Section, and served on the drafting committee for the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act.Â
Matthew Abel is Executive Director of Michigan NORML minorml.org, and a lifetime member of the NORML Legal Committee.
Education
Undergraduate: Central Michigan Univ., BA, 1978
Graduate: Central Michigan University, MSA, 1980
Law School: Wayne State University Law School, JD, 1985
President, NACDL (1982-1983)Dean, National Criminal Defense CollegeFirst President, Association of Defense Counsel, ICTYCo-Author, "Practice and Procedure in the ICTY"Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, HCCDLA (2002)
Education
Undergraduate: University of Wyoming, , 1961
Law School: University of Wyoming School of Law, JD, 1967
Bar Information
5th Cir., US Supreme Ct., Intl. Crim. Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Vice President, Harris County Criminal Defense Attorney's AssociationAV Rated, Martindale HubbellCriminal Law SpecialistTexas Board of Legal SpecializationNamed, "Houston's Top Criminal Defense Lawyers," H Texas Magazine Top Criminal Defense Attorney; Recipient, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers Association Texas Monthly "Superlawyer"Adjunct Professor in Criminal Law & Procedure at San Jacinto College
Education
Undergraduate: St. Louis University, B.A., 1968
Law School: South Texas College of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1971
Bar Information
Southern, Northern & Western Dists. of TX, 5th Cir., US Supreme Ct.