She joined Apple in 2017 from technology and manufacturing company Honeywell, where she spent 14 years, most recently as general counsel and senior vice president. She spent a decade at Sidley Austin in New York, where she was a partner and then a partner. Apple paid General Counsel Kate Adams more than $26 million for 2020 As part of our legal group, you`ll help maintain Apple`s high ethical and corporate standards and defend our intellectual property. They help you provide legal support for all our products and businesses around the world. Katherine Leatherman “Kate” Adams is an American lawyer and corporate lawyer who has served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security at Apple Inc. since 2017. [1] Previously, she also worked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O`Connor and Stephen Breyer, and worked for the latter when he was Presiding Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First District. Microsoft, which reorganized its advocacy group last year and appointed a new general counsel, gave Smith the additional role of vice president in September. In September, a federal judge ruled that Apple does not have an illegal monopoly on mobile game transactions, although some app store practices have been restricted. Xiumei Dong reports on the news of the legal industry with a focus on the strategy and growth of law firms, in-house legal counsel and the legal market in Washington, DC. Reach them Xiumei.Dong@thomsonreuters.com.
Katherine Adams is Apple`s General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Kate is a member of the company`s management team and oversees all legal matters, including corporate governance, intellectual property, securities litigation and compliance, global security and privacy. Kate joined Apple after working at Honeywell in 2017, where she spent 14 years, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. At Honeywell, Kate was responsible for the company`s global legal strategy in more than 100 countries. Legal Cheek reported last year that Google`s chief legal officer, Kent Walker, 60, raised $51 million (£37.5 million) in 2020. In this role, Ms. Adams oversees all legal matters, including corporate governance, intellectual property, litigation and securities compliance, global security and privacy. She then joined the Chicago-based law firm Sidley Austin[4][3] and worked for ten years as an associate and then as a partner in the New York office.[3] [2] [4] [7] In 2003, she joined Honeywell,[4][3] where she worked for fourteen years and became Senior Vice President and General Counsel. [4] [3] [7] She was responsible for the organization`s global legal strategy for its 128,000 employees[3] in more than 100 countries and led all of the company`s legal affairs.
[3] [8] Adams has joined Apple Inc. On October 6, 2017, he replaced Bruce Sewell as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security. [2] [6] [7] Kate Adams, 57, who is currently Apple`s general counsel and senior vice president of legal and global security, earned $26.97 million (£19.82 million) in 2021, according to Bigtech giant`s annual proxy circular filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this month. Adams, who replaced Bruce Sewell as Apple`s general counsel in late 2017, oversees all legal matters for the iPhone and the computer maker, including corporate governance, intellectual property, litigation, compliance, global security and privacy, according to the filing filed Thursday. Katherine Adams is Apple`s General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. General Counsel Katherine Adams earned more than $25.2 million in total compensation in 2019, a slight decrease from the previous year, according to a preliminary proxy circular filed Jan. 3. Adams, who joined Apple in late 2017, receives $1 million in annual cash pay as part of his employment contract.
Apple Inc. paid $26.9 million to General Counsel Katherine Adams in 2021, a slight increase in her total compensation from the previous year. After graduation, Adams worked as a law clerk for Stephen Breyer, then presiding judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; [3] [5] [4] as a litigator for the U.S. Department of Justice, Appeals Division, Department of Environment and Natural Resources; [4] [3] and as an articling student for Sandra Day O`Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. [4] [3] [6] [7] App Store antitrust litigation is among the most pressing legal hurdles Apple still faces, which is embroiled in a long-standing dispute over its lucrative business with video game and software developer Epic Games Inc. Apple hired Adams of Honeywell International Inc. in 2017 to replace its retired former chief legal officer, Bruce Sewell. Adams, a former federal prosecutor, spent nearly a decade pleading at Sidley Austin in New York before joining Honeywell in 2003.
The conglomerate promoted Adams to general counsel in 2008. Prior to joining Honeywell, Kate was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP in New York City. Early in her career, she worked as a trainee lawyer for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O`Connor; as a litigator for the United States Department of Justice, Appeals Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and as a legal trainee for Stephen Breyer, then presiding judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.