Seth P. Waxman

Seth P. Waxman

Washington, DC recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1995
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

123 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Appellate Practice Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Criminal Defense: White-Collar First Amendment Law Litigation - First Amendment Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Native American Law

Biography

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

123 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 1977
  • Harvard University, AB

  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

  • United States District Court
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 1977
  • Harvard University, AB
  • United States District Court

Client Testimonials

Seth Waxman is the best appellate advocate in private practice today, bar none.

Seth Waxman is as good as any Supreme Court advocate I ever seen or known. He is phenomenal as SG and really talented in any appellate setting, a scholar of Supreme Court case law.

David Snively (Monsanto Company)

St. Louis, MO

Seth Waxman is the best Supreme Court advocate today.

David Snively (Monsanto Company)

St. Louis, MO

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - First Amendment Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2010 - Bet-the-Company Litigation
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - First Amendment, Washington, D.C. (2025)
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Washington, D.C. (2025)
  • First Amendment Law, Washington, D.C. (2021)
  • Litigation - First Amendment, Washington, D.C. (2020)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Washington, D.C. (2019)
  • Appellate Practice, Washington, D.C. (2018)
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Washington, DC (2016)
  • Litigation - First Amendment, Washington, DC (2015)
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Washington, DC (2015)
  • Appellate Practice, Washington, DC (2014)
  • Litigation - First Amendment, Washington, DC (2013)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Washington, DC (2010)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • First Amendment Law
  • Litigation - First Amendment
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Native American Law
Special Focus:
  • Supreme Court

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