Wendy Q. Xiao

Before joining the firm, Ms. Xiao was a law clerk to the Honorable Holly A. Thomas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and to the Honorable Denny Chin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Ms. Xiao earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. During law school, she served as the executive notes editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and a staff editor of A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual. She was also a two-time semifinalist in the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court competition. Ms. Xiao earned her B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Southern California, where she was a Trustee Scholar and a recipient of the Order of Troy. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

As co-chair of the Food From the Bar Committee, Ms. Xiao directs the firm’s participation in the annual six-week Food From the Bar campaign, a friendly competition between law firms and legal offices to raise funds, donate food, and volunteer for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.