W. David Hubbard

Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Verizon

W. David Hubbard serves as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel for Verizon Communications. He is located in Basking Ridge, New Jersey and leads Verizon’s Consumer Growth, Strategy and Revenue legal team which provides support for Verizon’s portfolio of Consumer businesses including Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom, Verizon Fios, Trademore, and Visible, among others.

He and his team provide support to Verizon Consumer Group’s Chief Revenue Officer and are responsible for providing legal counsel and guidance for all consumer products, devices, and services; advertising and marketing campaigns in all media; marketing strategy; promotions; external communications; corporate responsibility and compliance with state and federal regulations as well as applicable consumer protection laws. Mr. Hubbard is also the Co-chair of Verizon’s Public Policy, Legal, & Security Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, and oversees Verizon’s Legal Internship Program.  

In addition to the above, Mr. Hubbard previously led Verizon’s Intellectual Property and Digital Media Legal Teams and served as the General Counsel for the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon which is dedicated to solving critical social issues in the areas of education, healthcare and energy management, particularly in underserved communities. Prior to joining Verizon, Mr. Hubbard was an associate with Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (formerly Collier Shannon Scott, LLP) in Washington, DC. 

He earned his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Maryland at College Park, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa and Benjamin Banneker Scholar.