Abigail (Abbey) Molitor earned her bachelor's degree in political science and history from the University of Iowa in 2012, where she graduated with general and departmental honors. At Iowa, Abbey was a Presidential Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and president of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society.  She then earned her law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was a David M. Rubenstein Scholar and served as an executive board member of the University of Chicago Law Review. Following law school, Abbey served as a clerk for the Honorable Steven M. Colloton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  She now works as a litigation associate at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, where her practice includes civil litigation, regulatory defense, and appellate litigation in state and federal court.