Tom Lue

GENERAL COUNSEL & HEAD OF GOVERNANCE, GOOGLE DEEPMIND

Tom Lue is General Counsel & Head of Governance at Google DeepMind. Founded in London in 2010, DeepMind was acquired in 2014 by Alphabet, where Tom previously held senior roles.  At Waymo, Tom was Deputy General Counsel, overseeing regulatory, product, litigation, and employment matters for Alphabet’s autonomous driving technology company. As Senior Counsel at Google, he advised emerging technology teams on legal issues regarding AI and machine learning.

Tom has also served in the federal government in various key roles, including as Acting and Deputy General Counsel at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Attorney-Advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the U.S. Department of Justice. He was a law clerk for Judge Gerard E. Lynch on the Southern District of New York, Judge Reena Raggi on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to his government service, Tom worked at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Tom has taught courses as a Lecturer in Law at Stanford and Columbia, and is a member of the American Law Institute.