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William F. Weld

Principal – ML Strategies / Member – Mintz

BWeld@mintz.com

+1.617.348.4412

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Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, Principal at ML Strategies in Boston, returned to ML Strategies after a leave of absence to focus on his presidential campaign. He specializes in navigating government relations at all levels, addressing C-suite challenges including competition, as well as white collar investigations and litigation.   

Bill brings a distinguished career in both government and business. He served two terms as Governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s, earning a reputation for improving the business climate through tax reductions and deregulation. In 2016, he was the Libertarian Party’s Vice-Presidential nominee, receiving over four million votes. He has also served as national co-chair of the Privatization Council and led international business and trade missions across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. 

Prior to his governorship, Bill was a federal prosecutor for seven years, including serving as Assistant US Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice and US Attorney for Massachusetts under the Reagan administration. He also worked as a commercial litigator in Boston and Washington, DC for twenty years. 

Bill is actively involved in several prestigious organizations, including membership in the Council on Foreign Relations, five years on the US Holocaust Memorial Council, and as an associate member of the InterAction Council, a global forum of former heads of state focused on worldwide issues.

Education

  • Harvard Law School (JD, cum laude)
  • Harvard College (BA, summa cum laude)
  • Oxford University (DegreeEP, with distinction)

Languages

- French

- German

- Latin

- Spanish

Recent Insights

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Events

Viewpoints

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Since the Democrats reclaimed control of the House of Representatives in 2018, barrels of ink have been spilled on the topic of “congressionally-directed spending”. Better known as earmarks, this funding mechanism allows Members of Congress to send money directly to projects identified in their districts, largely bypassing the federal bureaucracy and its protracted grant application process. For more than a decade, the Congress has banned the practice of including congressionally-directed funding in spending bills. Now, Democrats in control of both chambers and the White House are poised to bring earmarks back. On March 17th, House Republicans voted to reverse the GOP Conference’s ten year-old ban on congressionally directed spending, paving the way for Members from both parties to make requests in upcoming spending and infrastructure bills.

News & Press

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After taking a leave of absence from Mintz to focus on his presidential campaign, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has returned to the firm. He returns to his role as a Member and principal with the firm’s government relations arm, ML Strategies, LLC.

Events

Speaker
Oct
26
2023

A Conversation with Governor Bill Weld

Mintz Toronto Office (200 Bay St, South Tower Suite 2800 Toronto, ON M5J 2J3)

Panelist
Nov
5
2020
Panelist
Nov
15
2016