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Christopher Bennett, Vice President & General Counsel International, Verizon Communications Inc. Mr. Bennett has been responsible for legal supervision of Verizon’s international activities since the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE to form Verizon in 2000. Prior to that, he held a variety of senior legal positions in both Bell Atlantic and NYNEX. At Bell Atlantic, he was Associate General Counsel with responsibility for overseeing the legal affairs of the international and directory businesses and the mergers and acquisitions practice group. Mr. Bennett held a series of legal department positions for NYNEX, including Associate General Counsel for Worldwide Services, Associate General Counsel for non-regulated operations, Vice President & General Counsel of NYNEX Business Information Systems Company and General Attorney for both Federal and State regulatory matters. He began his career as an attorney with New England Telephone in 1976.
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