About Helen
Helen Wu built a measured approach to law over years of study at three East Coast institutions. She earned a B.A. from Yale University, followed by an M.A. from New York University. She completed her legal training at Fordham University School of Law, receiving her J.D. in 2013. Those academic stops shaped how she frames questions and evaluates evidence.
Her admissions list spans state and federal dockets. She is licensed in New York and Connecticut and is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. That range allows her to move between trial-level matters and appeals. It also means she spends as much time parsing procedural rules as she does parsing the facts of a matter.
Colleagues and local bar groups see her as an engaged member of the legal community. She holds membership in The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Asian American Bar Association of New York, and the Westchester County Bar Association. Those memberships place her in conversations about ethics, practice trends, and regional court developments. They also provide regular opportunities for CLE and informal mentoring.
Her career path brought her to Farber Pappalardo & Carbonari, where she now practices. At the firm she participates in matters that arise in both state and federal courts. She handles filings, briefs, and oral argument preparation for proceedings that travel through New York’s courts, the Second Circuit, and Connecticut forums. Her clients rely on her to manage deadlines and to assemble the record required at each procedural stage.
Students and younger lawyers who have worked with her note her attention to clarity in written advocacy. She writes plainly when complexity is unavoidable. She presses opposing counsel and courts for precise rulings and expects the same precision from the rules that govern litigation. That methodical streak reflects the several academic environments that preceded her legal career.
Outside the courtroom she contributes to association programs and local bar events. She appears regularly at panel discussions and participates in continuing-education panels organized by the groups she belongs to. Those engagements keep her current on developments in case law and practice procedures.
Wu concentrates her practice on matters handled in New York, Connecticut, and the federal appellate and trial systems that sit within the Second Circuit.
