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.

Washington University School of Law

J.D.

2000 - 2003

Northwestern University

B.A. | Molecular Biology, Art History

1993 - 1997

Honors: Departmental Honors in Biology, David Shemin Fellowship, Cancer Research Award

Compensatory Damages in the Federal Sector

BNA Employment Discrimination Report

July, 2007

Contributor to Federal Employees Legal Survival Guide

Workplace Fairness

2004

The Protruding Nail Gets Hammered Down: Discrimination Against Foreign Workers in Japan

Washington University Global Studies Law Review

2003

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of DC

Partners Forum Co-Chair

2011 - Current

Wesley Housing Development Corporation

Board Member

2011 - Current

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Washington, DC

Member

2009 - Current

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member

2009 - Current

Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association

Member

2005 - Current

District of Columbia

Since 2005

Illinois

Since 2003