Seth P. Waxman

Biography

Solicitor General of the United States from 1997 to 2001, Seth Waxman is a partner at WilmerHale and a graduate of Harvard College and the Yale Law School.  Mr. Waxman represents clients at the trial and appellate stages, in both federal and state courts.  He has argued 87 cases in the United States Supreme Court (including 12 patent cases) and hundreds in state and lower federal courts.

Mr. Waxman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Academy of Appellate Attorneys, and he serves on the Council of the American Law Institute.  He has received numerous awards for scholarship, public service, and advocacy.  For extraordinary service to law enforcement, the FBI has installed him as a permanent honorary Special Agent.

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Seth P. Waxman

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