April Xu

Associate

Houston

A J.D. graduate of Harvard and former federal law clerk, April Xiaoyi Xu advises clients on complex litigation matters. She is dual-licensed in New York and Texas.

April Xiaoyi Xu obtained her J.D. from Harvard in 2021 and began her legal career clerking in federal court. With dual licenses in New York and Texas, April has a broad range of litigation experience. She has represented clients in the technology and energy sectors. Prior to Orrick, she worked at another international law firm's New York office, primarily representing technology sector clients in cross-border intellectual property disputes. April serves as President of the Harvard Law School Recent Graduates Network.

D: +1 713 658 6655
E:axu@orrick.com

Address:

609 Main Street
40th Floor
Houston, TX 77002-3106
United States

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Practices

Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Admitted In
- New York
- Texas
Community
- President, Harvard Law School Recent Graduates Network
- Alumni Admissions Interviewer, Harvard
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D.
- Pomona College, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
Honors
- Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
- Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship
- President, Harvard Asia Law Society
- Salzburg Cutler Fellow in International Law
Languages
- Chinese
- English
- Spanish
Publications
- April Xiaoyi Xu, Catch and Contain Novel Pathogens Early!–Assessing U.S. Medical Isolation Laws as Applied to a Future Pandemic Detection and Prevention Model, 55 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 23 (2021).
- April Xiaoyi Xu, Note, Smartphones Out, Bye COVID-19!—Assessing the Possibility of Exporting China’s Global Pandemic-Era QR Codes as Health Certificates, Harv. J.L. & Tech. Dig. (2021).
- April Xiaoyi Xu, They Belong with Taylor Swift: Applying Trademark Law and Textual Analysis to the Branding of Love Song Lyrics, 2020 U. Ill. L. Rev. Online 139 (2020).
- April Xiaoyi Xu, But What If Big Brother’s Surveillance Saves Lives?–Comparative Digital Privacy in the Time of Coronavirus, 54 Creighton L. Rev. 147-172 (2020).
- April Xiaoyi Xu, When Judges Compete on a Lawless Terrain: Possible Futures for Clerkship Hiring, Harv. L. & Pol’y Rev. (2020).
- April Xiaoyi Xu, Applying the Model Penal Code (MPC)’s Insanity Defense to Sleepwalking Killers and Psychopaths: Interfacing Neuroscience and Criminal Law, 23 New Crim. L. Rev., 471-515 (2020).