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A Look At The Best-Paid Women General Counsels

Who are the Top 5 highest paid women GCs?

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Denise Keane

Moving to work in-house is  considered the dream or long term plan of many a Biglaw attorney. And really, who can blame them? Rumor has it the hours are less intense, and at the very least, you don’t have to track them in tenths of an hour increments. Plus there’s the compensation, and, well, that’s the real allure.

Everyone is always very interested at an inside look at exactly what the top of the general counsel compensation market looks like. As part of their 2017 General Counsel Compensation Survey, Corporate Counsel has broken out the women that earn that most as GSs.

The good news is that the top woman earner is also the top overall, that’s Denise Keane of Altria Group. But after that, it gets less good (though Lauren Seeger of American Express placed 3rd in the overall ranking):

This year, the list of top paid women is led by Denise Keane of Altria Group, who was also the highest compensated GC in our overall rankings.  Unfortunately, despite Keane’s place at the top, women are still underrepresented on the overall general counsel list– only one other female legal department head cracked the broader top ten.

So, without further ado — who are the Top 5 highest paid women GCs?

Top Paid Women GCs
Rank Name Company Compensation
1 Denise Keane Altria Group Inc. $9,000,500
2 Laureen Seeger American Express Company $6,193,000
3 Maryanne Lavan Lockheed Martin Corporation $2,791,248
4 Laura Schumacher AbbVie Inc. $2,605,369
5 Marianne Short UnitedHealth Group $2,598,100

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You can check out the rest of the Top 10 at Corporate Counsel.

headshotKathryn Rubino is an editor at Above the Law. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).

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