Carl H. Abbott, one of the leading attorneys in Alameda county, prominently connected with important legal interests as a member of the firm of Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1867, a son of Granville Sharp and Susan (Davis) Abbott. The family moved to California in 1877 and settled in Oakland, where Carl H. Abbott attended school, graduating from Oakland high school. He later enrolled in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and received his degree of B. A. from that institution in 1888. Following this he became a student in the Hastings College of the Law, from which he was graduated in 1891, with the degree of LL. B. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of California and began the practice of his profession in Oakland. Four years later he entered into partnership with R. M. Fitzgerald under the name of Fitzgerald & Abbott and later moved to San Francisco, becoming a partner in the firm of Campbell, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Fowler. This association was dissolved in October, 1905, and Mr. Fitzgerald again became a partner of Mr. Abbott, the second firm of Fitzgerald & Abbott being organized in October, 1905. They practiced in San Francisco until April, 1906, and then moved their business to Oakland, where in 1913 they admitted Charles A. Beardsley into partnership, the firm being now Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley. It is considered one of the strong and important law firms of the city, connected through an extensive and representative patronage with a great deal of important litigation. Mr. Abbott is a powerful and able lawyer, and his professional attainments put him in the front ranks of the legal fraternity in this part of the state. He is a member of the Athenian Club of Oakland and gives his political allegiance to the democratic party.
Past and Present of Alameda County California, Vol. II
Published in Chicago by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1914
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 7/01/2008, Pages 380-381
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