About Thomas Sinyo
Thomas Sinyo Lue graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Social Studies and went on to earn his J.D. from Harvard Law School. His academic record led him into a series of federal clerkships and government roles that shaped the early part of his career.
He began his post-law school training at the federal bench, serving as a law clerk to Judge Reena Raggi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2006 and to Judge Gerard E. Lynch of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2007. He spent time in the Department of Justice as a Lawyer-Advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel in 2008. In 2010 he clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, an experience that preceded a stint in the Executive Office; in 2011 he served as Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Lue moved into private sector legal work after his time in government. He joined Google as senior counsel in 2013. The following year he took an academic post as a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School. He returned to the technology industry in more senior in-house roles, serving as deputy general counsel at Waymo in 2016 and later as general counsel and head of governance at DeepMind in 2018. Those positions placed him at the intersection of product development, corporate governance, and regulatory engagement during a time of rapid change in the technology sector.
Across his government, academic and corporate roles, Lue has handled matters that straddle administrative law and corporate legal practice. His work has involved regulatory analysis, internal governance structures, and advising on legal strategy for organizations operating at the cutting edge of technology. He has navigated both public law environments and the internal legal demands of large technology companies.
Lue is admitted to practice in New York and California. That cross-jurisdictional standing has allowed him to work on matters that require coordination across state and federal systems, and to advise on legal questions that arise from both regulatory agencies and private sector governance.
He currently concentrates on legal issues at the intersection of technology, governance and public policy.
