Kenneth Wu
Prior to co-founding Lopez & Wu, PLLC, Mr. Wu specialized in representing federal employees at the internationally recognized law firm of Passman & Kaplan. Mr. Wu has years of experience representing federal employees in discrimination cases at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") and appeals at the Merit Systems Protection Board. Mr. Wu has also developed an expertise litigating private sector employment cases in federal court.
During law school, Mr. Wu interned for EEOC Vice Chair Paul Igasaki, where he reviewed federal and private sector cases involving race, sex, disability, and age discrimination. Mr. Wu also worked as a law clerk at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard in New York City, where he also specialized in employment discrimination law.
Mr. Wu is from Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University where he majored in Molecular Biology and minored in Art History. Before law school, Mr. Wu worked as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Mr. Wu graduated from Washington University School of Law in May 2003 where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Global Studies Law Review.
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- District of Columbia
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- Illinois
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- Washington University School of Law
- J.D.
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- Northwestern University
- B.A. | Molecular Biology, Art History
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- Honors: Departmental Honors in Biology, David Shemin Fellowship, Cancer Research Award
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- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of DC
- Partners Forum Co-Chair
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- Wesley Housing Development Corporation
- Board Member
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- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Washington, DC
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- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
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- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
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- Compensatory Damages in the Federal Sector
- BNA Employment Discrimination Report
- Contributor to Federal Employees Legal Survival Guide
- Workplace Fairness
- The Protruding Nail Gets Hammered Down: Discrimination Against Foreign Workers in Japan
- Washington University Global Studies Law Review
- Website
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