Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, received $7 million in 2021 as a white collar defense partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, a federal disclosure form shows.
The compensation details published by the Office of Government Ethics on Monday offers a rare glimpse into the internal compensation structure at one of Big Law’s most prestigious shops.
The New York-based firm paid Peace a $2.9 million partnership share in the first nine-plus months of 2021, prior to his swearing in as the top law enforcement official for the district covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, ...
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