Wayne Budd (Born November 18, 1941 in Springfield, Mass) is senior executive vice president and general counsel, U.S., of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., a division of Manulife Financial. He joined Hancock in 2000 and directs all of the company's legal activities.
Before joining Hancock, Mr. Budd was President-New England at Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon Communications, Inc.), where, among other duties, he was responsible for regu...
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Wayne Budd (Born November 18, 1941 in Springfield, Mass) is senior executive vice president and general counsel, U.S., of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., a division of Manulife Financial. He joined Hancock in 2000 and directs all of the company's legal activities.
Before joining Hancock, Mr. Budd was President-New England at Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon Communications, Inc.), where, among other duties, he was responsible for regulatory and legislative functions for the New England Region. Before his tenure at Bell Atlantic, he had been a senior partner at Goodwin Procter, a Boston law firm.
From 1969 to 1989, he served with the law firm of Budd, Wiley, & Richlin.
From 1989 to 1992, he had been U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, serving as the Bay State's chief federal prosecutor and representing the federal government in matters involving civil litigation.
Mr. Budd had been Associate Attorney General of the United States, appointed to the position by President George H....
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