Shan Wu Age, Wikipedia, Age, Married, Wife【 CNN Attorney Bio 】

Personal Details Summary
Name	Shan Wu
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	May 13, 1959. As of 2025, he is around 66 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Engaged / Spouse / Partner	Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	2
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	Chinese
Nationality	American
Where is Shan Wu now?	Shan Wu served as counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno as a former federal prosecutor. In Washington, D.C., he practices law.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Shan Wu, also known as Shanlon Wu, is an American lawyer.
He is also a CNN legal analyst, as well as a founding partner of the Wu, Grohovsky, and Whipple law firm in Washington, D. C.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Shanlon Wu was born to Chinese immigrant parents on May 13, 1959, in Westchester County, New York. His parents were professors at Hunter College, and he is an only child.
Shan now resides in Washington, D. C.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Shan attended Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1976 to 1980. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.
Shan followed that up with a stint at Sarah Lawrence College, in Yonkers, New York, from 1981 to 1984. He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree.
Later, from 1984 to 1987, he pursued a Doctorate of Law (Juris Doctor) degree at Georgetown University’s Law Centre in Georgetown, Washington, D. C.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

Following his graduation from Georgetown University’s Law Centre, Shan spent a year (from 1988 to 1989) being a judicial clerk for the Honorable Jerry L. Buchmeyer within the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
The following year, from 1989 to 1990, he held the same role for the Honorable Eugene A. Wright, within the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
From 1990 to 2001, he was part of the United States Department of Justice as an assistant United States attorney.
From 1999 to 2000, Shan also worked for the United States Department of Justice as counsel to the Attorney General.
From 2007 to 2010, Shan was the owner and partner of Wheat Wu, which focused on student defense practice, particularly in cases of campus conduct code violations and academic disciplinary hearings.
In January 2010, Wu founded Wu & Grohovsky, a self-defined ‘boutique’ law firm specializing in white-collar criminal cases and university student defence.
From 2014 to 2016, he was an adjunct professor for George Washington University, his alma mater.
Since March 2018, Shan has also been a frequent contributor to CNN in his role as a legal analyst.

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

Shan has always been very passionate about sports. He is a former amateur boxer, and was even trained by Floyd Patterson, a heavyweight champion. Shan himself also trained new generations of kickboxers, both at amateur and professional levels.
Shan’s law practice specializes in defending victims of sexual assault and other forms of abuse that can take place on university campuses.
He has frequently written for many publications, both in literary journals and non-fiction ones. Some of his regular contributions have been to The Huffington Post and the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
He is very passionate about health and nutrition, and loves to lead an active and healthy lifestyle himself.
Shan is bilingual & is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.
As a teenager, he was a huge fan of Bruce Lee.

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