Jennifer H. Wu

Jennifer H. Wu is a patent trial and appellate lawyer recognized for her “great advocacy skills at trials” and “outstanding work in cutting-edge biologics cases.” Jennifer has been widely recognized within the legal industry and the patent litigation bar for her achievements.

She has been named to the IAM Patent 1000, Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and is ranked in both Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as a leading patent litigator. In 2024, she was named by Managing IP Stars among the Top 250 Women in Intellectual Property and included in the 2024 IP Stars list. Benchmark Litigation has also recognized her in their 2024 Top 250 Women in Litigation list. Her earlier accolades include being named a Future Star by Benchmark Litigation and included in its “40 & Under Hot List – Northeast.” In 2018, she was selected by the New York Law Journal as a “Rising Star,” an award that recognizes top attorneys under the age of 40. I In 2017, Jennifer was a recipient of the “Best Under 40” award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). In 2022, she was recognized by Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in the Intellectual Property: Patent (NY) category.

Jennifer is the President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA), and a former co-chair of the FCBA Patent Litigation Committee, the Mock Argument Committee, and the Rules Committee. She received the FCBA’s George Hutchinson Committee Award recognizing committee leadership in 2016 and 2018. Jennifer is also a member of the NYU School of Law Board of Trustees and a member of the Advisory Committee of the NYU School of Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA).

Jennifer also has an active pro bono practice and represents a number of Asian-American victims of racially motivated violence and their families. In 2023, she was asked to testify before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on anti-Asian violence at its first hearing on anti-Asian violence in nearly 30 years. In recognition of her significant contributions, she received the 2023 Pro Bono Service Award from NAPABA and the 2022 Diversity Initiative Award from the New York Law Journal. Jennifer was recognized by Corporate Counsel’s 2024 Women, Influence & Power in Law with its Ally of the Year Award, named a 2024 Distinguished Leader by the New York Law Journal, and shortlisted as a 2024 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year finalist by Chambers USA.

In addition, Jennifer is a frequent speaker on diversity, equity and inclusion. She delivered the keynote speech, “Raising Our Voices for Equity: Good Leadership and Leading for Good,” at the Women in Law Section’s 18th Annual Edith I. Spivack Symposium during the New York State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting 2022. She is also a member of the Board of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), was named AABANY’s member of the year in 2022, and is an Executive Board member of USA for UNFPA, which supports the life-saving work of the United Nations reproductive health and rights agency, the United Nations Population Fund.

Jennifer earned her A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University and her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she received the Vanderbilt Medal for Service to the Law School Community and the President’s Service Award for Leadership. Following law school, Jennifer clerked for the Honorable Alan D. Lourie of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.