General Electric Company didn’t mince words in its most recent proxy statement. Summing up general counsel Brackett Denniston III’s performance, it says: “Mr. Denniston had a strong year in 2012.”
It must have been a very strong year indeed. In fact, Denniston, GC of the Fairfield, Connecticut–based company since 2004, took home $10.9 million in total cash compensation in 2012. After a three-year absence from Corporate Counsel’s GC Compensation Survey, Denniston returned in style — finishing ahead of the year’s other 99 highest-paid legal chiefs.
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