Tim Wu

Tim Wu

Tim Wu is an Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Wu joined the Law School in 2006 and teaches antitrust, intellectual property and law related to the media and Internet industries. Best known for pioneering "Net Neutrality," he is also the author of two widely-acclaimed books: The Master Switch and The Attention Merchants. Wu served as a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner and for Justice Stephen Breyer, and has also worked at the Federal Trade Commission, the New York Attorney General's Office, and the National Economic Council in the White House. In 2013 he was named one of America's 100 Most Influential Lawyers, and in 2017 he was named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he is also a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.