City of Boston public payroll explorer

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
John Francis Houton Jr. 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $136,011 $0
Shawn Adam Williams 2023 Law Department Dir of Public Record $135,739 $0
Edward F Whitesell 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel V (LAW) $132,837 $0
Robert Stephen Arcangeli 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $132,119 $0
Kevin J Foley 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $132,119 $0
Kevin Paul Oconnor 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $131,545 $0
Elizabeth L Bostwick 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $131,090 $0
Kevin J Foley 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $130,428 $0
Neil R Janulewicz Jr. 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $129,024 $0
Sean Chen 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $128,586 $0
Robert Stephen Arcangeli 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $128,060 $0
Randall Frederick Maas 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $125,968 $0
Kevin Paul Oconnor 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $125,885 $0
James J Megee 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $125,609 $0
Adam Johnson 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $125,439 $0
Sultan P. Durzi 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $124,956 $0
Teresa K. Anderson 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $124,467 $0
Sean Chen 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $122,279 $0
Edward F Whitesell 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel IV (LAW) $119,134 $0
Lena-Kate Kopelke Ahern 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $118,631 $0
James J Megee 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel III (LAW) $117,255 $0
Colleen Daley 2023 Law Department Public Facillities Comms Secr $116,808 $0
Mauricio Jose Vaca 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $116,657 $0
Joseph Anthony McClellan 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $116,657 $0
Shamus J. Hyland 2023 Law Department Asst Corp Counsel II (LAW) $116,302 $0