Nolan Barton Olmos & Luciano

Abbee Cox joined Nolan Barton Olmos & Luciano in 2023. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and named an Oscar S. Straus II Fellow in Criminal Justice. After a semester abroad at the University of Cape Town and a Humanity in Action Fellowship in Paris, Abbee continued her education at Stanford Law School. There, she was awarded the John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance for her representation of a life-sentenced prisoner seeking resentencing via the Three Strikes Project. An exceptional legal writer, she served as editor-in-chief of the Stanford Journal of Criminal Law & Policy, was a senior editor on the Stanford Law Review, and published an essay in the Stanford Law Review Online entitled "Restraint and the Rights of Criminal Defendants." Abbee's commitment to serving her clients with excellence flourished at Stanford, where she defended the accused in the Criminal Defense Clinic, taught Street Law know-your-rights classes to incarcerated youth, helped former clients of the San Mateo County Private Defender Program apply for criminal record clearance, and graduated with high pro bono distinction.

After law school, Abbee clerked for District Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Circuit Judge Pamela Harris of the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She was then selected to become a Gideon's Promise Fellow, completing a rigorous trial advocacy intensive for promising young public defenders from around the country. Abbee took those skills to the Orleans Public Defenders, where she represented hundreds of clients charged with everything from petty theft to attempted murder. In New Orleans, Abbee was able to negotiate dismissals or favorable resolutions in even the most challenging cases, while always keeping her clients' goals, priorities, and unique life stories at the forefront. She also developed a specialty in delinquency practice, as one of only two OPD attorneys representing young people in Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

Abbee is admitted to practice in California, Louisiana, and New York. She is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, California Public Defenders Association, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom.