General Counsel is the attorney for the company and you can utilize the attorney as needed to address legal related issues that impact the company business situation and your decisions you may want to implement. The General Counsel is salaried and makes $175,000 per year and this comes to 1500 hours of his time as an employee or $116.66 per hour.He also gets a 401k, bonus and health care which equals another cost of 30 percent of his base salary or a total for these additional benefits of $52,500.So he makes a total of $227,500 or cost the company as an expense for his employment $227,500.He is weak on the employment law and has created some issues that need your action plan.