Dr. Abdul Wahab Abdool was appointed a second-degree prosecutor on November 6, 1978. On January 22, 1995, he was appointed by a federal decree as a genuine judge of the Federal Supreme Court, thus becoming the first Emirati judge to get to the Federal Supreme Court. On January 29, 2005, he was appointed by a federal decree as the chief justice of the Federal Supreme Court and became the first Emirati to hold this position after more than thirty years of its establishment. He remained chief justice of this Court until he reached the retirement age on 30/6/2016.
- He has many books and research in the field of judiciary and law, through which he elaborated the idea of limits and scope of the relationship between the federal and local judiciary. He also clarified in some of his writings the nature of the relationship between the religious text, particularly the texts of rulings, and the rules of positive law.
- During his tenure as chief justice of the Federal Supreme Court and head of the two constitutional and administrative divisions, he laid down numerous judgments, jurisprudence and judicial principles and created a defiant and sophisticated judicial thought.
- Dr. Abdul Wahab had also many legal and judicial participations, such as:
Presidency of Lawyers Disciplinary Council.
Presidency of technical committees to draft federal laws or amendments to existing laws.
Presidency of the Judicial Disciplinary Council.
Chairmanship of the advisory councils of the faculties of law at the United Arab Emirates University and Ajman university.
Chief or member of academic committees to discuss university theses in faculties of law in the UAE universities.
- Dr Abdul Wahab has received many awards and certificates, including:
The UAE Pioneers Award.
Knight of Law Award from Comparative Law Institute-Brazil.
Honorary Professorship from Eurasian National University Kazakhstan.
The Cultural Media Center of Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Award.
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Academic Excellence Award.
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi Academic Excellence Award.
