June may be the month for graduations and weddings for lots of people. But here at Corporate Counsel HQ, if it’s June, it’s time to put together our annual GC Compensation Survey. (This magazine hews to a two-month lead time.)
Our data crew, led by research editor Rosemarie Clancy, combs through the proxy statements of the Fortune 500. If the general counsel or chief legal officer is among the top five compensated corporate officers, he or she appears in the survey. As far as surveys go, it’s pretty straightforward. The proxies list names and numbers, and we capture them in a spreadsheet.
