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Pay Improves, Gender Diversity Steady Among Top Lawyers at NJ Public Companies

According to data on fiscal 2017 culled from federal securities filings, average salary among 20 general counsel for publicly held companies based in the state was $448,945.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Climbing the Financial Ladder: Women GCs Transform the Legal Landscape

The pay gap is smaller at managing counsel and senior counsel levels—where women receive 90 percent and 89 percent of their male colleagues' compensation, respectively.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

9. Dan McDevitt, HD Supply

McDevitt went in-house at HD in early 2010.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

8. Craig Apolinsky, GMS Inc.

After spending 11 years at Alston & Bird, Apolinsky held various in-houseroles, joining GMS as its top lawyer in July 2015.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

7. John Kelley, Equifax Inc.

Prior to joining Equifax in 2013, Kelley was a senior partner at King & Spalding, where he advised public clients regarding SEC reporting.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

5. Stephen Avera, Flowers Foods Inc.

Avera has been with some iteration of Flowers Foods since 1986.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

4. Todd Sheldon, PulteGroup Inc.

Sheldon joined Pulte in March 2017 from Americold, another Georgia-based company, where he had been EVP, GC and secretary since June 2013.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

3. Sanders Griffith III, Total System Services Inc.

Griffith joined Synovus Financial Corp. as GC in 1988 and served as the top lawyer there, as well as at subsidiary Total System Services.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

2. Peter Carter, Delta Air Lines Inc.

Before joining Delta in July 2015, Carter was a trial lawyer for nearly 23 years at the Minneapolis-based firm Dorsey & Whitney.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

1. Audrey Boone Tillman, Aflac

Boone Tillman joined Aflac as a staff attorney in January 1996 and moved up quickly.
2 minute read

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