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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
Caroline Driscoll 2025 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $8,500 $0
Patricia J Downs 2025 Law Department Employment Agreement $885 $0
Adam N Cederbaum 2024 Law Department Corporation Counsel $193,654 $0
Susan M. Weise 2024 Law Department First AsstCorporationCounsels $179,352 $0
Edward V.G Coburn 2024 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $159,683 $0
Kerry Gilligan Nero 2024 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $157,183 $0
David Jon Fredette 2024 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $157,183 $0
Thythy Ho Le 2024 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $156,031 $0
Jason M Lederman 2024 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $155,902 $0
John Francis Houton Jr. 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $147,668 $0
Edward F Whitesell 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $143,918 $0
Neil R Janulewicz Jr. 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $141,205 $0
Samantha Harrington Fuchs 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $141,092 $0
Kevin Paul Oconnor 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $140,889 $0
Shawn Adam Williams 2024 Law Department Dir of Public Record $140,129 $0
Robert Stephen Arcangeli 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $139,445 $0
Samuel Bay Dinning 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $139,426 $0
James J Megee 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $136,254 $0
Kevin J Foley 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $135,888 $0
Randall Frederick Maas 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $133,681 $0
Mauricio Jose Vaca 2024 Law Department General Counsel (LAW) $133,467 $0
Teresa K. Anderson 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $132,994 $0
Adam Johnson 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $132,588 $0
Lena-Kate Kopelke Ahern 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $131,917 $0
Christine O'Donnell 2024 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel I (Law) $125,371 $0