Randal S. Milch

Randal S. Milch
Senior Vice President
Legal and External Affairs
Verizon Business

Randal "Randy" Milch is senior vice president, legal and external affairs responsible for all legal services and external affairs support for Verizon’s new business unit.

Prior to his current assignment, Milch was senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Verizon, responsible for the legal staffs supporting Verizon's domestic telecom business and state regulatory affairs.

Before the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, Milch was associate general counsel at Bell Atlantic with oversight of state regulatory matters in New York and New England. Milch supervised the state regulatory litigation, including litigation arising under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, across Bell Atlantic's northern seven states. Milch was responsible for all state legal aspects of gaining long-distance authority in New York. Previously Milch served as vice president, general counsel and secretary of Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.

Prior to his role with Bell Atlantic, Milch was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. Milch's practice centered on complex federal litigation and international arbitration.

Milch holds a J.D. from New York University Law School and a B.A. from Yale University.

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