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Law Department Payroll

Law Department is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 1,008 reported records, the department accounts for $40,174,899 in total gross pay and $16,150 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$40,174,899

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$39,856

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

213

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$16,150

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $7,829,210
2024 $7,604,928
2023 $13,485,222
2022 $6,157,379
2021 $5,098,160
2020 $0
2019 $0
2018 $0
2017 $0
2016 $0
2015 $0
2014 $0
2013 $0
2012 $0
2011 $0

Payroll records for this department

Employee Year Department Title Total Gross Overtime
Henry C Luthin 2021 Law Department Senior Counsel $167,547 $0
Susan M. Weise 2021 Law Department First AsstCorporationCounsels $161,772 $0
Adam N Cederbaum 2021 Law Department Corporation Counsel $134,529 $0
David Jon Fredette 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $133,529 $0
Edward V.G Coburn 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $133,527 $0
Kerry Gilligan Nero 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $131,027 $0
Lisa S. Maki 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $129,024 $0
Thythy Ho Le 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $123,859 $0
Nicole M O'Connor 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $123,466 $0
John Francis Houton Jr. 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $123,344 $0
Sean Chen 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $118,051 $0
Erika Paula Reis 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $117,886 $0
Catherine Ann Lizotte 2021 Law Department General Counsel $112,868 $0
Nieve Anjomi 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $109,306 $0
Kevin J Foley 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $109,281 $0
Colleen Daley 2021 Law Department Public Facillities Comms Secr $108,911 $0
Shawn Adam Williams 2021 Law Department Dir of Public Record $107,344 $0
Jason M Lederman 2021 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $103,066 $0
Edward F. Whitesell 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $101,089 $0
Robert Stephen Arcangeli 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $99,420 $0
Lena-Kate Kopelke Ahern 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $98,805 $0
Kevin Paul Oconnor 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $98,055 $0
Nailah Asha Freeman 2021 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $95,016 $0
Neal Gaffey 2021 Law Department Articled Clerk $89,864 $0
Chong Liu 2021 Law Department Articled Clerk $88,174 $0