Donald George Abel (December 23, 1894 – July 8, 1980) was an American attorney who served as a Washington State Supreme Court Justice from 1946 to 1947.
[1] His father, George D. Abel, was a Superior Court Judge of Grays Harbor County, the center of the state's logging industry.
During World War I, Abel served in the 91st Division of the U.S. Army, was decorated for gallantry in the Battle of the Argonne, and rose to the rank of captain.
After graduation, Abel engaged in the private practice of law in Chehalis, and then held a series of government posts.
[8] In 1946, Abel was appointed to Supreme Court as acting Justice during the absence of Walter B. Beals, who was Presiding Judge at the International Military Tribunal I in Nuremberg, Germany.