Steven Wright is Senior VP General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, one of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. He Leads the Enterprise Resources Division, which includes the Legal, Privacy, Law Enforcement, Real Estate Services Group, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion departments of the bank. He is also a member of the bank’s Executive Committee.
The legal department is engaged in a number of significant Federal Reserve projects including FedNow, Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility, Main Street Loan Program, and the Hamilton Central Bank Digital Coin Project.
Steve had a number of roles prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He was the Executive Partner managing Holland & Knight’s Boston office. There he served as lead counsel and strategic advisor for several Fortune 500 companies, addressing complex commercial, corporate, intellectual property, litigation and regulatory matters. He was co-founder of the firm of Chin, Wright & Branson. Steve served as Deputy Counsel to the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York and also as Deputy Chief of the Civil Litigation Bureau of the Massachusetts Department of Attorney General and Chief of its Trial Division.
Steve’s nonprofit board affiliations include Atrius Health, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. He is a former director of SBLI Mutual Insurance Company. He holds a law degree from Boston College Law School and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from East Carolina University. He is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey
Awards and Recognition
- Trail Blazer Award, Charting Your Own Course Conference – 2019
- Named one of the 100 Influencers in Law in the Country by Business Law Journals – 2019
- The Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus Good Guy Award – 2016
- Best Lawyers in America Advisory Committee – 2015-2019
- Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation 2015-2019
- Mount Ida College Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws – 2014
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine, Business/Corporate – 2014
- Named one of the 50 Most Influential Bostonians by Boston Business Journal -2012/2014
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Excellence in the Law – 2011
- East Carolina Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award – 2011
- Awarded the first Outstanding Outside Counsel by the NBA-CLS – 2009
- Designated one of 10 Massachusetts Outstanding Lawyers – 1996