Career
Past senior executive vice president and general counsel, United States., of John Hancock Financial Services, Incorporated., a division of Manulife Financial. He was responsible for directing all of the company’s legal activities as well as overseeing the compliance, human resources, governmental affairs and community relations functions for the Company. Before joining Hancock, Budd was President-New England at Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon Communications), where, among other duties, he was responsible for regulatory and legislative functions for the New England Region.
From 1969 to 1989, he served with the law firm of Budd, Wiley, & Richlin.
From 1989 to 1992, he had been United States. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, serving as the Bay State"s chief federal prosecutor and representing the federal government in matters involving civil litigation. Budd had been Associate Attorney General of the United States, appointed to the position by President George H. West. Bush in 1992.
He oversaw the Civil Rights, Environmental, Tax, Civil and Antitrust divisions at the Department of Justice, as well as the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Budd also served on the United States. Sentencing Commission, appointed in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
He is a past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association.
Budd is a graduate of Boston College and received his law degree from Wayne State University Law School.