Many Florida companies raised bonus pay for general counsel last year as post-recession business conditions gradually improved. But companies generally are holding down the salaries that serve as the basis for GC bonus calculations, part of a broader business clamp-down on costs.
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Salaries of corporate general counsel in South Florida usually fall into the range of $175,000 to $350,000 annually, and bonus income often equals 25 percent to 50 percent of salary, so “that’s a huge piece of the compensation,” said Debbie Montero, branch director at the Miami office of professional placement firm Robert Half Legal.
