Seth P. Waxman
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| Solicitor General of the United States | |
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In office November 13, 1997 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Walter Dellinger (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Underwood (Acting) |
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November 28, 1951 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Seth Paul Waxman (born November 28, 1951) was the 41st Solicitor General of the United States. He was nominated by President Clinton on September 19, 1997, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 1997. He received his commission and took the oath of office on November 13, 1997, serving as Solicitor General until January 20, 2001.
Waxman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from the area's public schools. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in social studies from Harvard College in 1973 and was a Rockefeller Fellow in Kenya during the following year. In 1977, Waxman received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal.
Following graduation, Waxman served as a law clerk to the late Gerhard A. Gesell, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia. Thereafter, he entered the private practice of law with the firm of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, where he specialized in complex criminal, civil, and appellate litigation. Waxman has received substantial recognition for his pro bono work, including the American Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico award and the Anti-Defamation League's Benjamin N. Cardozo Certificate of Merit.
Waxman joined the United States Department of Justice in May 1994. Prior to being appointed Solicitor General, he served in a number of other positions in the Department of Justice, including Acting Solicitor General, Acting Deputy Attorney General, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Associate Deputy Attorney General.
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