ALM's 2022 General Counsel Compensation Report dropped just a few months ago, but competition for a prime spot on next year's list is already hot.

According to a proxy filing this week, tech titan Cisco paid chief legal officer Deborah "Dev" Stahlkopf $13.3 million in the fiscal year that ended July 30. She received $675,000 in salary, $876,700 in nonequity incentive compensation, a $2.2 million cash bonus and $9.5 million in stock awards.