Seth Paul Waxman (born November 28, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 41st Solicitor General of the United States from 1997 to 2001.

He is the co-chairman of the appellate and Supreme Court litigation practice group at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

[3] Waxman also made oral arguments to the Supreme Court regarding arbitrary application of FCC sanctions on public nudity.

In these arguments he used the friezes decorating the courtroom to illustrate how some nudity is acceptable in a public setting.

Waxman is a member of Brendan Dassey's legal team and has been featured in Netflix's true crime documentary series Making a Murderer.