Natasha M. Wu
Natasha Wu is a Partner in the Firm's Orange County office. Ms. Wu represents and counsels corporate clients in a variety of litigated issues, with a focus on transportation, products liability, business, and employment matters. She also defends and advises public sector agencies, municipalities, and special districts, and educational institutions, including K-12 districts, charter schools, and universities, in litigation and other employment-related matters.
Ms. Wu’s experience includes representing Fortune 500 companies, automotive manufacturers, product manufacturers and suppliers, and technology companies in multi-party tort, fraud, and products liability actions. Ms. Wu also has significant experience in high-stakes construction disputes, having successfully represented residential and commercial developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in complex construction, contract, and personal injury litigation to resolution at no net-loss to her clients.
Ms. Wu is a talented legal writer and has often delivered victories for her clients through pre-trial motions, including demurrers, motions for summary judgment, and various motions to dismiss. She has also obtained pre-trial dismissals for her manufacturer clients on jurisdictional grounds in multiple state courts. Ms. Wu represents clients in federal and state courts, and in administrative hearings, including before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
Ms. Wu is conversational in Mandarin Chinese.
Notable Accomplishments
- Successfully represented international automobile manufacturer against product defect claims involving alleged defective trunk latch claim
- Successfully obtained terminating sanctions on behalf of a property development owner in a premises liability case
- Prevailed on Summary Judgment on behalf of a developer, resulting in developer client’s dismissal from Plaintiff’s multi-million dollar personal injury claim
- Secured highly-favorable multi-million dollar settlement for the owner of a cold-storage facility fraught with electrical, mechanical, and soil defects
- Obtained dismissal of trucking client from Plaintiff’s multi-million dollar claim at no net-loss to client
Community
Inaugural class of Diversity Fellows of the San Diego County Bar Association
Member of the University of San Diego’s Ninth Circuit Court Appellate Clinic, part of the team that successfully represented a client before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Board of Immigration Appeals, resulting in the client’s release from federal custody
Admissions & Associations
State Bar of California
United States District Court for the Central District of California