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1. 1. Orchestra Profiles

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   Published on: 6/3/2008   Last Visited: 6/3/2008

   Violinist Alexander ("Xander") Abbe (right) also joined the Santa Monica Symphony in 1999.Originally from McLean, Virginia, he began playing the violin at the age of 5.He studied with Neva Greenwood, Gerald Fischbach, and Sally Thomas, including six summers at the Meadowmount School of Music in upstate New York.He graduated with a B.A. in music from Swarthmore College in 1994, where he was concertmaster of the school's symphony, chamber orchestra and a member of the string quartet.After a brief stint as a paralegal, Xander attended law school at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1999.While living in Philadelphia he performed the American Premiere of Edison Denisov's "Partita" with Orchestra 2001.He moved to Los Angeles in May, 1999, and now practices municipal law at Richards, Watson & Gershon in downtown LA.

2. 2. RWG Attorney Bio: Alexander Abbe

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   Published on: 6/7/2008   Last Visited: 6/7/2008

   Alexander Abbe
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   Alexander AbbeAssociate
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   Alexander Abbe is a senior attorney in the Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon in San Francisco.Mr. Abbe is an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fairfield.
   
   Mr. Abbe serves as Assistant Chair of the firm's E-Documents and Public Records practice group.He has given numerous presentations statewide on the legal implications of the use of electronic documents and email, and he regularly advises public agencies on practical methods of complying with retention and disclosure laws in the context of electronic documents.He recently published an article on the legal issues presented by public agency websites in the Official Word, the newsletter of the City Clerks Association of California.
   
   Mr. Abbe is also the Assistant Chair of the firm's Climate Change practice group, and is working to develop strategies for cities to respond to demands for new green building ordinances, purchasing policies, and transportation fleet requirements to respond to global warming issues.In addition, Mr. Abbe specializes in advising public entity clients on complex issues involving conflicts of interest and ethics, including complying with the Political Reform Act and Government Code Section 1090, avoiding conflicts arising from redevelopment decisions, and updating local conflict of interest codes.
   
   Mr. Abbe also has extensive experience in affordable housing law, including the updating and adoption of housing elements, mobilehome park regulation and enforcement of the Mobilehome Parks Act, inclusionary zoning, density bonus agreements, senior housing, and rent control.In 2002, he co-authored and presented a paper on affordable housing law to the County Counsels' Association of California Land Use Section.He also published an article in the Public Law Journal concerning the role of municipalities in mobilehome park regulation.More recently, he gave a presentation on resident and employee preferences in affordable housing projects to the City Attorney's Department of the League of California Cities.
   
   Prior to joining Richards, Watson & Gershon, Mr. Abbe served as Executive Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and authored "Meaningful Access to Health Care and the Remedies Available to Medicaid Managed Care Recipients Under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act," 147 U. PA. L. REV. 1161 (1999).In 1997, Mr. Abbe served as an extern for the Honorable Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

3. 3. Alexander Abbe

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   Published on: 5/3/2008   Last Visited: 5/3/2008

   Alexander Abbe | Associate | Los Angeles
   
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   Alexander Abbe is an associate in the Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon. Mr. Abbe is currently an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Seal Beach. Mr. Abbe has extensive experience in land use and CEQA matters, including the preparation of environmental impact reports. He also specializes in advising public entity clients on complex issues involving conflicts of interest and ethics. He has worked with numerous city governments to revise and update their sign ordinances to comply with recent First Amendment cases. In addition, Mr. Abbe has expertise in housing law, including the updating and adoption of housing elements, mobilehome park regulation and enforcement of the Mobilehome Parks Act, inclusionary housing, density bonus agreements, senior housing, and rent control. In 2002, Alexander co-authored and presented a paper on housing law to the County Counsels' Association of California Land Use Section. More recently, he published an article in the Public Law Journal concerning the role of municipalities in mobilehome park regulation..
   
   Prior to joining RW&G, Mr. Abbe served as Executive Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and received the 1999 Edwin R. Keedy Award, which is annually granted to that person who makes the most substantial contributions to the Law Review. Mr. Abbe also authored "Meaningful Access to Health Care and the Remedies Available to Medicaid Managed Care Recipients Under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act," 147 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1161 (1999). In 1997, Mr. Abbe served as an extern for the Honorable Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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   Mr. Abbe is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County.