Edward Wu is an Assistant Chief Counsel with a California state regulatory agency, where he leads a team of attorneys and paralegals responsible for ensuring industry compliance with state law through civil and administrative litigation. He oversees case strategy, staffing, and work product quality, and is responsible for the professional development and supervision of the lawyers and paralegals under his direction.

Earlier in his career, he led a legal team for a California environmental agency, directing attorneys on matters involving site remediation, cost recovery, administrative enforcement, and contracting, including work supporting a statewide initiative to expand environmental cleanup and grant programs in underserved communities.

He also spent more than a decade as a senior attorney for a state agency, serving as lead counsel in over one hundred administrative hearings and working with the California Department of Justice on  writs of mandamus and appellate proceedings involving his agency.

He holds a JD from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is licensed to practice law in California.