New Starbucks Legal Chief Reaps $3 Million After Mid-Year Hire

Starbucks Corp.’s new general counsel Bradley Lerman received about $3 million in total compensation after being hired midway through last year by the coffee chain.

Lerman, a former litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis and Winston & Strawn, joined Starbucks in May 2023. He had previously retired in early 2022 after almost a decade as the top lawyer for medical products maker Medtronic PLC.

Starbucks detailed in a proxy statement filed Jan. 11 that Lerman received nearly $1.9 million in stock awards during 2023 and roughly $705,500 in cash, including roughly $331,700 in base salary. Starbucks also gave ...