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Cody Wilbanks is Acting Executive Vice President - General Counsel for Idearc Inc. (NYSE: IAR)
Cody Wilbanks serves as Idearc's chief legal officer with responsibility for legal compliance and security functions.
Prior to his appointment Wilbanks was vice president associate general counsel - Commercial Operations for Idearc.
From 1987 through 2006 Wilbanks was employed by Verizon Communications Inc. and its predecessor GTE Incorporated in the legal departments of various business units including GTE Southwest Inc. GTE Telephone Operations World Headquarters GTE Airfone Inc. and GTE's competitive local exchange telecommunications subsidiary GTE Communications Corp. Wilbanks successfully served in a number of increasingly responsible positions across a broad range of legal disciplines including vice president - general counsel of Airfone. He began his assignment at Idearc's predecessor company Verizon Information Services in 2000. He remained in Idearc's legal department following its spin-off from Verizon in 2006.
Wilbanks earned a bachelors degree in history from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1975 and in 1981 he graduated with high honors from SMU's Dedman School of Law earning a juris doctor degree. Wilbanks began his legal career in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as a Regular Army Captain where he served as a criminal prosecutor. After his military service he was an associate attorney with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins in Austin Texas from 1984 to 1987 practicing in tax-exempt finance and regulatory law.
Since 1997 Wilbanks has continuously held the highest peer review ratings awarded in the legal profession -- Martindale-Hubbell's AV® rating -- for very high to pre-eminent legal ability and ethical standards. He has been active in coaching youth sports and in community service having recently served four years (two as president) on the board of directors for Captain Hope's Kids Inc. a non-profit corporation that provides clothing and other critical needs to homeless infants and children in the North Texas area. | 