Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Abt ya fara aikinsa bayan kammala karatun digiri a makarantar doka a 2000 a matsayin mai gabatar da kara a ofishin lauya na gundumar Manhattan na tsawon shekaru hudu, sannan ya koma shari'a a matsayin abokin tarayya tare da Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison daga 2004 zuwa 2008. A shekara ta 2008, Abt ya yi aiki a Des Moines, Iowa a kan Barack Obama
a matsayin darektan yakin neman zabe na kare masu zabe.