Lianlian Wu, Esq.

About

Lianlian Wu, Esq., is a Board Member and the treasury of the SDCAA. As Special Counsel at Procopio, she focuses on construction litigation, government contracts, intellectual property (trademarks, patents, Hatch-Waxman/ANDA litigation), and corporate and commercial litigation, with expertise in cross-border matters. Admitted in California and fluent in Mandarin, she has represented foreign pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman Act/ANDA litigation, securing early dismissal for a Chinese company in a patent infringement case. She also successfully confirmed foreign arbitration awards into U.S. federal court judgments for a Chinese trading company, obtained a $2.2 million verdict for a plastics recycling manufacturer against its former CEO, and a $4.5 million verdict in construction litigation involving a resort hotel. Additionally, she has represented a Chinese metal company in multi-million loan transactions and a multinational Chinese-headquartered company in U.S. export control compliance. Recognized as Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation from 2022 to 2025, Lianlian holds a JD from California Western School of Law (magna cum laude, 2015), an MA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (2010), and a BA from Capital Normal University in Beijing (2008). She was also an exchange student at Hiroshima University in Japan in 2006. Lianlian has shared her expertise as a co-presenter and author on topics such as global sanctions, export controls, serving China-based defendants in cross-border litigation, and foreign arbitration awards. She is actively involved in the San Diego Chinese Attorneys Association and serves as a Trustee/Translator for the Hometown Education Foundation.