Before his retirement, Seth M. Hufstedler (Cal. Bar #21421) had an active business, trial and appellate practice for over 50 years. Seth has represented a broad range of clients in complex business disputes in various state and federal courts, and he has argued numerous matters before California appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Two of his cases,
Lewis v. Anderson, 615 F.2d 778 (1979) and
Gaines v. Haughton, 645 F.2d 761 (1981), are the first two, and the leading Ninth Circuit cases on the role of independent special litigation committees in derivative lawsuits. Seth also represented the California Commission on Judicial Performance in its televised investigation of the California Supreme Court. The majority of his practice was in the appellate courts. In his last United States Supreme Court appearance, Seth represented the Governor of Guam, and succeeded in reversing the Ninth Circuit by a 9-0 vote.
