Currently, our legal department consists of more than 900 members of the legal team, which represents a significant increase compared to the only lawyer who formed the legal department in 2001.Dashboards are a powerful tool for managing external suppliers. Google uses a control panel to manage its external law firms. Google has also hired longtime advisor Susan Creighton, a partner at the company's favorite law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich %26 Rosati. Leading Google's defense will be John Schmidtlein, an experienced antitrust litigator at the Williams%26 Connolly law firm in Washington.