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In-House Interrogatory
Asked: Our weekly question to the In-House community
The numbers are in.
The top-paid general counsel in the United States last year was Brackett Denniston III of General Electric, who earned a salary of $10.9 million.
The country’s other top-earning GCs came from CBS, Bank of America and Time Warner.
There is good news all around for in-house counsel. The survey by Corporate Counsel found that the average salary for general counsels was up 7 percent, to a high of $1,853,671. Average bonuses were also up 50 percent.
So here’s our question for you:
Does this year’s survey reflect earnings at your company?
Leave a comment below or email me.
Need to Know:
- Abercrombie & Fitch‘s general counsel is leaving.
- Things are heating up for the IRS‘ attorneys.
- The general counsel at the Patent and Trademark Office is going into private practice.
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