Abigail Pearl DeWeese
Attorney
Direct: 206.470.7651
Main: 206.623.1745
Fax: 206.623.7789
Legal Assistant: Debbie Chewning
Phone: 206.470.7659
Professional Overview
Abigail’s practice focuses on environmental, real estate, and land use law. She assists clients with a wide range of permitting, title, and zoning issues.
- Author, Ask a Legal Professional, Puget Sound Business Journal (Historic District Regulations), December 2016
- Author, Ask a Legal Professional, Puget Sound Business Journal (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act), December 2015
- Author, Ask a Legal Professional, Puget Sound Business Journal (Tree Cutting Permits), December 2014
- Junior League of Seattle, Provisional Class of 2017 - 2018
- Seattle Design Foundation, Board member
- Philanthropy and Marketing Advisor, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Alpha Lambda Chapter
- Extern to the Honorable James L. Robart, Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington
- Legal Intern, Sexual Violence Law Center
- Legal Intern, Snohomish County Legal Services
- Extern, Earthjustice
- Moot Court Honor Board 1L Mock Trial Competition quarterfinalist, 2011
- Gates Public Service Law Scholarship finalist, 2011
- J.D., University of Washington School of Law, Concentration in Environmental Law, 2014
- Executive Editor of Notes and Comments, Washington Journal of
Environmental Law and Politics - Co-Author, Washington Environmental Law Year in Review,
3 Wash. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 347, (2013) - President, UW Law Women’s Caucus
- Global Outreach Coordinator, Law Students for Reproductive Justice
- Captain, Inter-American Sustainable Development Moot Court Team
- Treasurer, GreenLaw
- Executive Editor of Notes and Comments, Washington Journal of
- B.S., Public Health, B.A. with Distinction, Women Studies, University of Washington, 2010
- New Leadership Institute of Puget Sound, UW Women’s Center
- President and Founder, Students for Civic Engagement on Homelessness
- Peer Educator, ASUW Committee Organizing Rape Education
I love to travel and I've been lucky to explore some amazing parts of Indonesia, Ghana, and Colombia. In my free time, I enjoy exploring Seattle's restaurants with my husband and friends, practicing yoga, and watching Husky football.