Meet Abigail Field

Abigail Field is an attorney in private practice in Southold Town. She is running as a write-in candidate because she believes Suffolk County deserves a Clerk with integrity, who is chosen by the voters, not the party bosses. With her strong background in law, public policy, communications, and civic advocacy, Abigail can fundamentally improve residents' experience of the County Clerk's office.

To serve Suffolk County well, Abigail Field will draw on her whole career, not simply the skills she developed as a self-employed attorney. Abigail spent a few years working with Southold Town's business community to promote tourism on the North Fork, and understands what small business needs from the government. She sharpened her communication skills by working as a freelance journalist, covering the foreclosure fraud crisis for AOL. As NJPIRG Legislative Advocate, Abigail Field stopped then-Governor Corzine from privatizing the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressways. More recently, Abigail helped the Voting Rights Lab build a public-facing database of a complex set of records--election legislation from the 50 states.

Born and raised in New York City and Groton, Connecticut, Abigail was a childhood Shelter Island summer person, making her Suffolk County roots over 50 years deep. Abigail earned a Geology degree at the University of Connecticut and a law degree from New York University. In 2006, she moved to Suffolk County full time with her husband David to raise their children and be near her mother.

See her resume at her LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/abigail-caplovitz-field-5abb5a13