David Drummond is Google's Chief Legal Officer, responsible for leading the company's legal affairs and providing strategic advice to its leadership team. He is responsible for managing Google's legal and regulatory affairs, including litigation, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance. He
David Carl Drummond is an American business executive and former lawyer. He served as senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc., and, formerly, for its subsidiary, Google. Prior to joining Google, in 2002, Drummond was a partner at law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and then chief financial officer of software company SmartForce. Drummond retired from Alphabet on January 31, 2020.