Huan-Ting (Ting) Wu received his B.B.A. from National Taiwan University and his first law degree from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University of Taiwan. He earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Berkeley Law at UC Berkeley in 2016 and a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) from Berkeley Law in 2019.
As a practitioner and scholar who was first trained in Taiwan and later at Berkeley Law, Ting finds himself lucky to have the privilege to be able to understand the legal languages and cultures in both the common law system of the United States and the civil law systems of Taiwan and China. The legal systems have important differences which often lead to confusion for Chinese-speaking immigrants facing legal troubles in the U.S. Ting has been interviewed by Financial Times and CNA of Taiwan for insights regarding insider trading, criminal law, and securities law cases because of this unique background.
Ting’s expertise focuses on white collar crimes and accusations involving foreign espionage. He also works closely with other attorneys in a wide variety of criminal matters.
In law school, Ting’s doctoral research focused on the intersection of criminal law and business law, from international law and constitutional law perspectives. As a dedicated writer and researcher, Ting co-authored and published articles on insider trading in the U.S, Taiwan, and China, in the peer-reviewed International Review of Law and Economics, The Journal of Corporation Law, NCTU Law Review. He also co-published an article on unregistered foreign agents in the U.S. with NBOL partner Daniel Olmos in American Journal of Trial Advocacy. In addition, Ting has translated several American and English law texts into Mandarin Chinese.
In Taiwan, Ting assisted Honorable Justice of the Taiwanese Constitutional Court, Yu-Hsiu Hsu, in initiating the first simulated constitutional court in Taiwan in 2014, a forum that enabled public debates on socially significant issues, such as same-sex marriage and the death penalty.
While at Berkeley Law, Ting served as a teaching assistant to Professor William Fernholz from 2016 to 2018, teaching international lawyers and students U.S. constitutional law. He also served as an editor for the Berkeley Journal of International Law and the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Ting externed for Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2017 and 2018.
After graduating with his J.S.D, degree in 2019, Ting started his legal career at NBOL. Ting has been working primarily with immigrants facing criminal charges involving white-collar crimes, domestic violence, mental health disorders, fraud, sexual offenses and driving under the influence. He also works closely with other NBOL attorneys in a wide variety of criminal matters. From time to time, Ting represents witnesses residing overseas to protect their legal interests in the U.S.
Ting is a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese and is passionate about the representation of clients in the Asian communities in the Bay Area. He is licensed to practice in California and New York and admitted to practice in federal courts in the Northern District of California, Central District of California, Southern District of New York, and Eastern District of New York. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, California Public Defenders Association, and the San Mateo County Bar Association.
