User:Attorneyabel/Matthew R. Abel

Matthew R. Abel is a lawyer licensed by the State Bar of Michigan since 1986. He is the founding partner of Cannabis Counsel, P.L.C., a Detroit, Michigan law firm advising clients regarding the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008.

Mr. Abel has stood for office seven times in Michigan. He ran for Michigan State Represesentative in 1986, and in 1996. for Michigan Supreme Court in 1998, for |the United States Senate in 2000, for the U.S House of Representatives in 2006, and for Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County in 2008. An incomplete political biography is online at the Political Graveyard.

Mr. Abel is a member of the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly. He is a member of the National Lawyers Guild, the ACLU, and is active with the NORML Legal Committee. He is also a lifetime member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a member of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and the development of marijuana businesses in Michigan.

Mr. Abel became Executive Director of Michigan NORML in late 2011.