Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud (wanda aka fi sani da AB Mahmoud) babban lauya ne ɗan Najeriya da ya fito daga jahar jihar Kano ya riƙe muƙamin shugaban kungiyar Lauyoyi ta Najeriya da kuma muƙamin shugaban jami’ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Kano Wudil, KUST. An haifi AB Mahmoud ne a jihar Kano kuma ya fara karatun firamare a Jihar Kano, ya halarci jami'ar Ahmadu Bello ta Zariya inda ya samu digiri na farko a fannin shari'a da kuma masanin shari'a a shekara ta 1979 da shekarar 1984 inda ya samu digiri na farko na dokoki a lokacin da ya je makarantar koyon aikin lauya ta Najeriya inda ya ya samu horo a matsayin lauya kuma an kira shi mashaya a watan Mayu shekara ta 1979.