Founding Attorney — Waxman Litigation
Seth B. Waxman is a nationally recognized business litigation attorney representing companies and executives throughout the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia area in virtually every type of commercial dispute. With more than 30 years of business litigation experience—including 13 years as a federal prosecutor—Mr. Waxman has served as lead counsel in more than 100 trials. His practice covers:
Clients turn to Mr. Waxman for the experience and judgment that come from more than three decades litigating at leading global law firms and as a senior Department of Justice official, combined with the direct access, personal attention, and efficiency of a boutique practice. Mr. Waxman’s key personal distinction is his core belief that every client’s problem should be treated as if it were his own. That commitment drives his aggressive yet practical approach to problem-solving and litigation.
Mr. Waxman is also frequently sought out by national media outlets for his legal perspective and analysis. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNOW, NBC, ABC, CBS, Bloomberg, and PBS, among other major television networks, where he has provided legal analysis and commentary on the nation’s most significant legal issues and high-profile cases.
Seth B. Waxman is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and New York. The firm’s office is in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The firm appears in Virginia matters only on pro hac vice admission.
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For 13 years he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, with roughly eight of those years on fraud and public corruption matters. The Justice Department’s own press releases name him as the prosecuting AUSA in two of those cases, and a published appellate opinion lists him on the government’s brief.
Every matter below is drawn from a primary source, a Justice Department release, a published opinion, or a court filing, rather than from a firm summary.
Prosecutor (AUSA)
DOJ release 12-305
Prosecutor (AUSA)
DOJ release 12-393
AUSA on the brief
D.C. Court of Appeals
Published opinion, 25 Aug 2005
Defense counsel
Genesee County Circuit
Court, MI
Contemporaneous news
coverage, 2021
Defense counsel
(withdrew 4 Sep 2024)
S.D.N.Y., No. 1:24-cr-00140
Court docket
Counsel for plaintiff, with
the New Civil Liberties
Alliance
ECF No. 57, filed
12 Nov 2024
Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
He has appeared as a legal analyst on CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg, NBC Nightly News, VICE News and C-SPAN. Recordings of those appearances are collected on his own YouTube channel.
Seth B. Waxman on jury selection in the New York hush-money prosecution
(April 2024).
To discuss a matter, call (301) 479-8960 or visit the contact page.
Media appearances on CNN, NPR and FOX 5 DC are collected at media appearances. Matters of public record, with the underlying court filings and government documents, are at experience and representative matters.
District of Columbia; Maryland (Bar No. 2607271016); New York (admitted 2005)
University of Virginia School of Law — Virginia Law Review
Florida State University, B.S.
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