Recognized for her elite advocacy at trial, Jennifer H. Wu is a patent trial and appellate lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience litigating complex, high-stakes patent matters. Jennifer leverages her background in science to successfully litigate patents in a variety of technical areas, with a particular emphasis on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
After nearly eight years as a Paul Weiss partner—only the fourth Asian American litigation partner ever elected at the firm—Jennifer joined three colleagues to launch their own patent boutique, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP. Since its founding in 2022, the firm has since grown to 32 lawyers and three offices, including one in Tokyo, and has handled some of the most important patent matters today.
Jennifer has been pivotal in the courtroom in bet-the-company jury trials in federal district courts, in trials before the International Trade Commission, and in appeals to the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court. She has litigated patents on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, with additional experience in GPS devices and medical devices. Some of Jennifer’s notable work includes representing Amgen and Genentech in biologics litigation, Garmin in GPS litigation, and multiple startup companies in bet-the-company litigation.
She has been widely recognized by the legal community for her work: named a New York Law Journal Distinguished Leader, ranked in both Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as a leading patent litigator, named to the IAM Patent 1000 and Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and recognized as one of Benchmark Litigation’s 2024 Top 250 Women in Litigation. Jennifer is also the President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA), a member of the NYU School of Law Board of Trustees, and a board member of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY).
Along with her elite patent litigation practice, Jennifer also has a nationally recognized pro bono practice combatting anti-Asian violence. She co-authored AABANY’s two reports on anti-Asian violence and has represented nearly all families of those who died of anti-Asian violence in the last four years in New York City. She shines a spotlight on the issue and testified before the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights on anti-Asian violence at its first hearing on anti-Asian violence in nearly 30 years. Her work has had a profound impact on the legal profession by inspiring others to think differently about public service, help combat hate, and give voice to those who haven’t had one.
She has received numerous awards for this work, including NAPABA’s 2023 Pro Bono Service Award; Corporate Counsel’s 2024 Women, Influence & Power in Law’s Ally of the Year Award; and a Chambers USA 2024 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year finalist.
Education:
- New York University School of Law (JD)
- Harvard University (BA)
Practice Areas:
- Appellate
- Intellectual Property
Updated Sep 2024
