Chicago Public Schools / Law Office / Senior Assistant General Counsel
Job-title file
Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.
14 employees hold this title in Law Office. Median total compensation for the role is $155,468, above the department median of $126,814.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 14 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 28,320 people — is $165,660. Law Office pays a median base salary of $127,187 for this role, 23% below that figure — about the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Law Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Law Office’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 36th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Law Office is $155,468, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Record list
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Senior Assistant General Counsel/Law Office
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At Law Office, Kathleen Ulbert serves as a Senior Assistant General Counsel. Their 2026 pay totaled $179,184.
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At Law Office, Melissa Crawford serves as a Senior Assistant General Counsel. Their 2026 pay totaled $166,512.
Senior Assistant General Counsel/Law Office
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At Law Office, Erica Seyburn serves as a Senior Assistant General Counsel. Their 2026 pay totaled $162,068.
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Meredith Buckley holds the role of Senior Assistant General Counsel at Law Office. In 2026, their total compensation was $159,573.
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Frank Johns is a Senior Assistant General Counsel at Law Office. 2026 total compensation came to $156,478.
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Jennifer Afarin works as a Senior Assistant General Counsel for Law Office. Jennifer earned $156,346 in 2026.
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At Law Office, Ramon Estrada serves as a Senior Assistant General Counsel. Their 2026 pay totaled $155,830.
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Daniella Mcloughlin is a Senior Assistant General Counsel at Law Office. 2026 total compensation came to $155,106.
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Laura Battistoni holds the role of Senior Assistant General Counsel at Law Office. In 2026, their total compensation was $151,759.
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Shanell Bowden holds the role of Senior Assistant General Counsel at Law Office. In 2026, their total compensation was $149,793.
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At Law Office, Paulina Munoz serves as a Senior Assistant General Counsel. Their 2026 pay totaled $147,721.
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Colleen Kauth works as a Senior Assistant General Counsel for Law Office. Colleen earned $147,129 in 2026.
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Carmen Sifuentes works as a Senior Assistant General Counsel for Law Office. Carmen earned $145,523 in 2026.
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At Law Office, Yasemine Givan serves as a Senior Assistant General Counsel. Their 2026 pay totaled $141,545.