Willa Wu
- Seattle
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Willa Wu works in the firm's Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling practice.
Prior to joining Perkins Coie, she worked as an intellectual property (IP) law clerk with a national law firm, working in both IP litigation and IP prosecution. She also spent one year working in the Intellectual Property Law Clinic at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, providing pro bono representation on intellectual property matters to inventors and businesses in the Midwest.
Willa earned her J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where she served as executive editor for the Washington University Law Review and was on the board of the Intellectual Property Law Society. She received her B.S. in actuarial science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she gained extensive knowledge in financial technology (Fintech), artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and predictive analytics.
Education & Credentials
Education
- Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, J.D., Executive Editor, Washington University Law Review, 2023
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Actuarial Science, magna cum laude, Honors Distinction, 2020
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Related Employment
- Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Summer Associate, 2022
- Tucker Ellis LLP, St. Louis, MO, Intellectual Property Law Clerk, 2021
Additional Languages
- Chinese - Mandarin
Impact
Community Involvement
- Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Perkins Coie Liaison