Profile

Sean Lau is an Associate in the firm's Litigation Department. From 2013 to 2014, Mr. Lau served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Virginia Bell of the High Court of Australia. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Peter McClellan, the Chair of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. He also practiced administrative law as a Solicitor in the Crown Solicitor’s Office of New South Wales.

Bar Admissions

  • Admitted in New York
  • New South Wales, Australia

Education

  • Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2022)
  • University of Oxford (D.Phil., 2020)
    • Recipient, Rhodes Scholarship
  • University of New South Wales (LL.B./B.A., summa cum laude, 2012)
    • Issue Editor, University of New South Wales Law Journal

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation

Blogs

Misbranded

Misbranded is Patterson Belknap’s blog covering false advertising litigation—both consumer class actions and competitor suits—with a particular focus on FDA-regulated products (foods/beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements).

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