Meet the People Who Will Defend Google, Facebook and Twitter Before Lawmakers
Here’s who will appear in the congressional hearings:
Vice president and general counsel
Stretch directed the company’s legal victory over charges by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss
that Mr. Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social network during their days at Harvard.
Senior vice president and general counsel
Mr. Walker, 56, joined Google as general counsel in 2006 from the online auction site eBay, where he served as deputy general counsel.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford, Mr.
Walker worked as an assistant United States attorney at the Department of Justice.
Stretch received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and law degree from Harvard, and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Mr. Walker is leading Google’s efforts to challenge the European Commission’s $2.7 billion
fine for violating antitrust law by favoring its own shopping service over competitors.