Wei is Managing Attorney at Thickstun Luo LLC. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, graduating summa cum laude and first in his class. Wei won the President’s Medallion, the university’s highest honor, bestowed by the university’s president on one law student per year for exceptional leadership, scholarship, and service. During law school, he wrote on the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, tutored criminal law, and externed with a federal judge and the U.S. Air Force.

Prior to law school, Wei earned a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. At Harvard, he was the Editor-in-Chief of The Citizen­—Harvard Kennedy School’s official student newspaper. Wei also served as a Mayoral Fellow for the Chicago Mayor’s Office and as a Teaching Fellow for Harvard’s Department of Economics, teaching a year-long economics class to Harvard undergraduates. In recognition of his service, Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning awarded him the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.

Wei attended the University of Chicago for his undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with General Honors. Wei is a legal scholar—in addition to being a practitioner—and has published a number of academic articles in American law journals.

State Court Admissions

• Illinois

• Indiana

• New York

• District of Columbia

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Federal Court Admissions

• Northern District of Illinois

• Central District of Illinois

• Northern District of Indiana

• Southern District of Indiana

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Bar Associations

• American Bar Association

• Illinois State Bar Association

• Chicago Bar Association

• DuPage County Bar Association

• Indiana State Bar Association

• New York State Bar Association

• District of Columbia Bar

Education

• Juris Doctor, summa cum laude and first in class, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

• Master in Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with General Honors, University of Chicago

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Other Professional Certifications

• Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute

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Awards and Honors

• President’s Medallion, Loyola University Chicago

• CALI Award for the highest grade in the class for Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure: Investigations, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Legal Writing I & III, and more

• Alpha Sigma Nu national honor society

• Leadership, Service, and Public Interest Award, Loyola University Chicago

• Merit scholarships for law school: Thomas More Scholarship, John R. Jozwiak School of Law Quasi-Endowed Scholarship Fund, Curt N. & Linda Rodin Scholarship

• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

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Publications

• In the UC Law Constitutional Quarterly: The Spy in Your Pocket: Montana’s TikTok Ban and the Federalism Limits of State-level Foreign Policy, 51 UC LAW SF CONST.Q. 585 (2024)

• In the University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review: Othering with Chinese Characteristics: Discrimination in Classical Chinese Thought and Modern-Day Repression of Uyghurs, 20 U. PA. ASIAN L. REV. 395 (2025)

• In The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice: “Ni Hao” at the Southern Border: Crafting the U.S. Policy Response to the Post-pandemic Cohort of Chinese Migrants, 27 SCHOLAR: ST. MARY'S L. REV. RACE & SOC. JUST. 355 (2025)

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Languages

• English

• Mandarin (read Mandarin bio 中文介绍)