Associate | Washington, D.C.
slloyd@mofo.com | (202) 887-6946 slloyd@mofo.comSeth Lloyd, a member of Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice, has briefed dozens of appeals in federal and state courts nationwide. Seth has presented oral arguments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, and the Federal Circuit.
Seth has particular experience in patent appeals before the Federal Circuit. He has authored successful briefs for both patentees and defendants on a wide range of technologies, from medical devices to pharmaceuticals to computer hardware and software. His practice includes appeals from district courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Seth also has argued four times in the Federal Circuit. His winning arguments include a successful reversal of three PTAB decisions in a consolidated appeal for a computer memory designer. Seth is also an Editor of Morrison & Foerster’s Federal Circuitry blog, which takes a data-driven approach to analyzing the Federal Circuit and its decisions.
Seth’s clients and peers recognize his expertise. Super Lawyers named him a Rising Star, and Best Lawyers in America named him to its Ones to Watch list, both for appellate practice. Seth is also a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and is vice chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Administrative Law & Regulatory Committee. Seth also practices in the United States Supreme Court. He has drafted petitions and amicus briefs at the certiorari stage, as well as party and amicus briefs at the merits stage.
Before joining Morrison & Foerster, Seth served as a law clerk for Judge Richard G. Taranto of the Federal Circuit. He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he worked on two successful certiorari petitions and one successful merits case through Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.
Seth also holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University. During his graduate studies, he received the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, published 10 peer-reviewed articles, and co-invented the subject matter of five U.S. patents.
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