David Hubbard

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 Operations legal team which provides support for Verizon’s portfolio of Consumer Businesses including Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom, Verizon Fios, and Visible, among others. He and his team are responsible for providing legal counsel and guidance for all sales, service, and customer experience initiatives for consumer products, devices and services and compliance with state and federal regulations. In addition to the above, Mr. Hubbard previously led Verizon’s Consumer Growth, Strategy & Revenue; Consumer Products; Global Marketing, Intellectual Property & Digital media legal teams. He also previously 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. He currently serves on board of directors for a number of organizations including: the Better Business Bureaus National Programs Organization where he is Board Chair –which is an dedicated to fostering trust, innovation and competition through self-regulation, monitoring, and dispute resolution; the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York -- which fosters honest and responsive relationships between businesses and consumers; Brightpoint Care -- a leading nonprofit provider of high-quality medical and mental health care as well as social support services to people, families and communities challenged by health disparities; Employment Horizons -- a not-for-profit agency providing comprehensive employment, training and job placement services to people with disabilities and other disadvantages; and the Association of Corporate Council of New Jersey -- which provides legal education, networking, pro bono opportunities and career advancement. In addition, he and his wife (Tamiko Hubbard) co-founded Sweet Reads, a literacy-based non-for-profit organization dedicated to inspiring an early love of reading by providing children in underserved communities with books.

Mr. Hubbard is a relentless advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and serves as the Co-chair of Verizon’s Public Policy, Legal, & Security Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, is a member of Verizon’s Pro Bono committee, and also oversees Verizon’s Legal Internship Program. He is a member of the Maryland Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, National Bar Association, and American Bar Association where he previously served as co-chair of the Section of Litigation Internet & Privacy Committee. He was a recent recipient of Verizon’s Credo award in July 2020, which honors employees who exemplify Verizon's core values action and have a positive mark on their teammates, Verizon's customers and our communities in a significant way. He was also named to the Lawyers of Color “Hot List” in 2014, featured in Modern Counsel Magazine in 2016, highlighted as one of America’s most influential Black Lawyers by Savoy magazine in 2018, and named and one of the Nation’s Best Lawyers of Color in 2019, profiled in Vanguard Law Magazine, honored by the Council of Urban Professionals as a Law Catalyst in 2022. In addition, Hubbard was recognized as a Racial Justice Champion by the National Conference on Racial & Social Justice and awarded by the Garden State Bar Association as the “Corporate Lawyer of the Year” in 2022.