Meet Angela B Gabel

Angela Bullock Gabel represents governmental and quasi-governmental agencies as general counsel, outside counsel and special counsel. Her representation includes consultation, strategy, litigation and public relations. She also represents individual clients and private organizations in complex civil litigation in areas involving governmental regulations, consumer protection, products liability, and personal injury.

As general counsel and outside counsel, Ms. Gabel advises governmental clients in areas involving statutory compliance with open meetings and records, election law, and proposed and newly enacted statutes, regulations and guidelines. She also serves as a hearing officer to public safety entities and as a provisional judge in the City of Clayton, Missouri.

Ms. Gabel has litigated personal injury claims for both plaintiffs and defendants. She has litigated and settled claims on behalf of plaintiffs for catastrophic injuries including wrongful death, negligent supervision, and various tort claims.  Her tort practice includes representing victims of the 2018 Duck Boat tragedy in Branson, Missouri, considered the largest maritime disaster in the history of Missouri. The tragedy and subsequent litigation led to statutory and regulatory changes that are still being enacted.

Ms. Gabel has substantial experience representing clients in election law. She has represented clients in claims involving Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Equal Protection, jurisdictional boundary disputes, election recounts and challenges, candidate qualifications, and polling and voting disputes. Her representation includes guiding clients through the implementation of cumulative voting and ranked choice voting both practically and legally. Her litigation and arguments have been cited in The New York Times, National Public Radio and local outlets including the St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Detroit News and Macomb Daily.

Ms. Gabel is admitted to practice in the states of Missouri and Kentucky, as well as in the Federal Eastern and Western Districts in Missouri, the Eastern District in Michigan and the Federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Gabel opened ABG Law Office, LLC, in 2018 but is no longer accepting new clients. Her firm was certified as a Woman Owned Business by the state of Missouri and by the City of St. Louis in 2019. She is President of the Board of Directors for the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry and is a former board member for the St. Louis County Bar Association and the St. Louis Women Lawyers’ Association. She lives in Clayton, Missouri, with her husband and three children.