NYNEX corrects and replaces previous release announcing new senior vice president -- government affairs & regulatory matters in New England.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1996--Wayne A. Budd has been named NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange senior vice president - government affairs and regulatory matters in NYNEX's New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. region by Don Reed, NYNEX president and group executive. Budd, a senior partner with the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar and a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed commissioner with the US Sentencing Commission, will assume the new post at NYNEX on April 15. He succeeds Gail Deegan who resigned Feb. 16 to join Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Budd will be responsible for public policy, government affairs, and regulatory matters in the five New England states served by NYNEX -- Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and Vermont. "NYNEX is pleased to have an individual of Mr. Budd's stature and experience," said Don Reed. "Given the unprecedented changes and new opportunities promised by telecommunications reform, Wayne Budd 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. is the right person at the right time." "It is with considerable regret that I leave the practice of law in this great firm," said Budd. "But this is a challenge too great to resist." Budd has held a number of high profile positions at the federal and state government levels. Prior to his 1994 appointment to the US Sentencing Commission, he was appointed in 1992 by President Bush as associate attorney general of the United States Noun 1. Attorney General of the United States - the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States; "the post of Attorney General was created in 1789" Attorney General , the third ranking position in the Department of Justice. In that assignment he advised the US Attorney General and managed five of the six Department of Justice litigating divisions. From 1989 to 1992 he was US attorney for the district of Massachusetts, serving as the chief federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, as well as representing the United States in all civil litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. matters in the district. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, he practiced law privately for over 20 years with a focus on litigation and business law. He also served as an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Boston, assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth, and chairman of the Massachusetts civil service commission. He taught at the Boston College Law School as a member of the adjunct faculty for fifteen years. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Budd was employed by Ford Motor Company in industrial relations, and by General Electric in personnel. Budd currently serves as a director of the Bank of Boston and a trustee of Boston College. He also serves or has served on boards of directors for civic, profit and non-profit, and professional organizations, including a term as president of the Massachusetts Bar Association and president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. He is a 1963 graduate of Boston College and received his J.D. degree in 1967 from Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). School of Law. Budd, age 54, is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and now resides in Boston with his wife Jacqueline S. Budd. He has three daughters -- Kimberly S. of Newton, Kristal Budd Pearson of West Newton, and Kerri D. of Atlanta, Georgia. 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