Ms. Abate received her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from Boston College (B.A. Economics, with a minor in Italian), graduating cum laude, and received her J.D. in 2005 from Brooklyn Law School, where she was a member of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law.

Ms. Abate is currently working on several securities fraud class actions against numerous issuers of securities for allegedly misleading investors, including In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation (D.N.J.).

Ms. Abate is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and Connecticut.