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Abdul Kallon Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3032

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3032

    AKallon@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Abdul Kallon represents clients in high-stakes litigation, including general commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. His practice is informed by deep experience gained as a practitioner and as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. For more than 12 years, he presided over a broad range of civil and criminal cases, including employment, commercial litigation, and constitutional rights matters.

Abdul was nominated to the federal bench by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009. He began his legal career as a clerk for Judge U.W. Clemon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Prior to his judicial service, he was a partner in private practice focusing on general litigation and labor and employment counseling. He had a broad and significant trial practice before arbitrators and state and federal courts and tried multiple cases to a jury verdict in federal court as a first chair.

Related Employment

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, Federal Judge, 2010 – 2022
  • Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL, Partner, 1994 – 2009

Clerkships

  • Hon. U.W. Clemon, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1993 - 1994

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  • Washington
  • Alabama
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
  • Supreme Court of Alabama
  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Duke University School of Law, LL.M., Judicial Studies, 2020
  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, J.D., 1993
  • Dartmouth College, A.B., History, 1990