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Best Practices for General Counsel Succession Planning
Like other executives, General Counsel are tasked with identifying and developing their successor. While hiring a new General Counsel from the outside can be costly, [...]
Gender Pay Gap for General Counsel Has Grown, Study Says
The gender pay gap for U.S.-based general counsel is widening, according to a new report. Equilar’s latest General Counsel Pay Trends study shows that male GCs earned 18.6% more than their [...]
Diversity Drives Business Performance
The results of a recent global survey of more than 1,700 companies published in the Harvard Business Review showed that diversity has a favorable impact on [...]
The 2019 GC Compensation Survey: Pay’s Moving On Up
The compensation king is back. For the second year in a row, Morgan Stanley chief legal officer Eric Grossman is America’s top paid legal executive. According to our 2019 [...]
The Compliance Officer’s Guide to 2019 Compensation Trends
Now more than ever, compliance leaders across all industries are expanding their role from that of a watchdog and enforcer to a strategic advisor with [...]
Former Staples Chief Legal Officer Becomes Senior Adviser at BarkerGilmore
The former chief legal officer of Staples has joined consulting firm BarkerGilmore as a senior adviser. Michael Williams said he is excited to be working as a senior adviser for [...]
BarkerGilmore adds former EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary to Strategic Advisor and Coach Roster
Michael T. Williams, who most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary of Staples, Inc., has joined BarkerGilmore, a New York-based boutique legal and compliance [...]
Hiring Compliance Officers: Five Things to Ask Every Candidate
The demand for compliance officers continues to grow and it seems there is no end in sight for at least the next decade. In addition [...]
“Do You Have The Right Stuff?”
The Academy Award-winning movie, The Right Stuff, inspires us to think about having the “right stuff” from a new perspective. This mysterious mix is not [...]
Big Payday For GC, But With A Gender Gap
The latest compensation survey from recruiter BarkerGilmore finds average annual salary increased in 2018, with the greatest increases showing up in publicly-traded companies. Among the public companies the highest [...]
Top 2019 Trends for In-House Counsel Compensation
This year, in-house counsel reported unprecedented rates of compensation satisfaction, with over 62% of lawyers unlikely to look for a new job and almost 60% [...]
Rising Pay Reflects Demand For In-House Counsel, Study Finds
Average annual salary increase rate rose to 4.4 percent in 2018. Fewer in-house counsel are in the market for new jobs, amid rising compensation and a recognition among companies [...]
