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Displaying salaries for time period: 10/01/18 - 03/31/19

Full salary listings

Payee Name	Start date	End date	Salary Title	Amount	Notes	PDF
Payee Name Heather Chase Sawyer	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title General Counsel	Amount $85,657.45	Notes
Payee Name Jennifer Duck	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel/Staff Director, Democratic	Amount $85,657.45	Notes
Payee Name Rita G. Lari	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $85,657.45	Notes
Payee Name Martin Lee Holmes (Lee)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel/Staff Director	Amount $80,539.16	Notes
Payee Name Carter Hamilton Burwell	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $70,277.75	Notes † Employed to Oct 16 and from Oct 22
Payee Name Daniel Cullen Swanson (Dan)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $70,040.45	Notes † Employed to Feb 15 and from Feb 26
Payee Name Richard Eugene DiZinno (Rich)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel, National Security and Crime	Amount $69,020.31	Notes
Payee Name David H. Pendle	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $67,666.63	Notes † Employed to Oct 18 and from Oct 25
Payee Name Philip Samuel Alito (Phil)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title General Counsel	Amount $67,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Annie L. Owens	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $64,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Steven Stedman Giaier (Steve)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/29/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $62,144.40	Notes
Payee Name William Robert Payne	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $61,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Erica Knievel Songer	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $59,766.61	Notes † Employed to Nov 29 and from Dec 3
Payee Name Lara Gabrielle Quint	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $59,691.65	Notes † Employed to Feb 23 and from Mar 1
Payee Name Nicholas John Xenakis (Nick)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $58,124.96	Notes
Payee Name Ryan Joseph Dattilo	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Antitrust and Bankruptcy	Amount $56,879.70	Notes
Payee Name Steven Kirkland (Steve)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Information Systems Director	Amount $54,628.93	Notes
Payee Name Phillip Aaron Brest (Phil)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $52,916.66	Notes
Payee Name Michael R. Davis (Mike)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/16/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Nominations	Amount $50,818.19	Notes
Payee Name Lauren Prieb Mehler	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $50,486.72	Notes
Payee Name Lane J. Giardina	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Systems Administrator	Amount $50,453.63	Notes † Employed to Nov 6 and from Nov 13
Payee Name Judd Edward Stone II	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $50,138.87	Notes † Employed to Feb 4 and from Mar 25
Payee Name Sunil Raju Varghese	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $49,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Katharine E. Clark	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $49,999.93	Notes
Payee Name Samuel M. Simon (Sam)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $48,361.08	Notes † Employed to Nov 7 and from Nov 13 to Feb 9 and from Mar 8
Payee Name Katherine Teresa Nikas	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Immigration and Visa Security	Amount $47,929.47	Notes
Payee Name Michelle E. Heller	Start Date 10/13/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Deputy Chief Clerk	Amount $46,874.97	Notes
Payee Name Andrew N. Ferguson	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Nominations and Constitution	Amount $46,777.74	Notes † Employed to Oct 9 and from Dec 20
Payee Name Alex Theodore Haskell	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $45,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Christina Maria Calce	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $45,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Kyle Timothy McCollum	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $44,723.47	Notes
Payee Name Gabriel D. Kader (Gabe)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $44,591.63	Notes
Payee Name Kolan Leon Davis	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/01/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Republican/Staff Director	Amount $43,304.60	Notes
Payee Name Rachel Elizabeth Appleton	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $42,083.31	Notes
Payee Name Charles L. Papirmeister (Chuck)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Law Librarian	Amount $41,428.57	Notes
Payee Name Matthew Joseph Keeley (Joe)	Start Date 01/03/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Deputy Staff Director/General Counsel	Amount $40,525.45	Notes
Payee Name Heather L. Vachon	Start Date 01/03/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Clerk	Amount $39,222.20	Notes
Payee Name Jennifer N. Wiley	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Archivist	Amount $36,799.93	Notes
Payee Name Katharine Lea Willey	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/08/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $35,749.97	Notes
Payee Name Zachary Noah Somers (Zach)	Start Date 01/04/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Investigative Counsel	Amount $35,708.31	Notes
Payee Name Timothy A. Rodriguez (Tim)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Associate Counsel	Amount $35,341.63	Notes
Payee Name Keagan Dewey Buchanan	Start Date 10/22/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $35,333.30	Notes
Payee Name DeLisa Lay Ragsdale	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/01/19	Salary Title Chief Investigative Counsel	Amount $34,906.57	Notes
Payee Name Watson O. Horner	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Associate Counsel	Amount $34,166.62	Notes
Payee Name Peter Carey	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/15/18	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $33,333.30	Notes
Payee Name Patrick David Davis	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/12/18	Salary Title Deputy Chief Investigative Counsel	Amount $32,463.10	Notes
Payee Name Stuart M. Paine	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Archivist	Amount $32,329.45	Notes
Payee Name Evelyn Estes Fortier	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/01/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $32,320.90	Notes
Payee Name Jason A. Covey	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Hearing Clerk	Amount $32,243.62	Notes
Payee Name Blair L. Bjellos	Start Date 01/07/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Policy Adviser, Justice Programs	Amount $30,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Caitlin A. Meyer	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 02/18/19	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $28,866.83	Notes
Payee Name Stephen J. Kenny (Steve)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/04/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $28,612.93	Notes
Payee Name Marc Andrew Hearron	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/19/18	Salary Title Senior Counsel	Amount $28,527.74	Notes
Payee Name Alexandria Deitz (Alex)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Aide	Amount $27,499.93	Notes
Payee Name Jeany L. Larsen	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Research Assistant	Amount $27,499.93	Notes
Payee Name Ajay B. Kundaria	Start Date 12/03/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $26,888.86	Notes † Employed to Jan 31 and from Mar 1
Payee Name Christopher Alan Bates	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/15/18 †	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $26,666.64	Notes † Employed to Oct 9 and from Oct 15 to Oct 24 and from Nov 5
Payee Name Colin F. St. Maxens	Start Date 10/12/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Legislative Assistant	Amount $26,614.11	Notes † Employed to Jan 31 and from Mar 1
Payee Name Jessica Chau Vu	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/02/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $26,140.76	Notes
Payee Name Aaron Clifford Cummings	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/15/18	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Constitution/Crime Counsel	Amount $25,572.50	Notes
Payee Name Benjamin D. Wilson (Ben)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19 †	Salary Title Special Counsel	Amount $25,277.73	Notes † Employed to Feb 4 and from Mar 25
Payee Name Alberta E. Easter	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Calendar Clerk	Amount $25,007.41	Notes
Payee Name Elizabeth M. Bernal	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Staff Assistant	Amount $24,999.96	Notes
Payee Name Oliver S. Mittelstaedt	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Staff Assistant	Amount $24,999.96	Notes
Payee Name John C. Lowry	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Staff Assistant	Amount $24,999.96	Notes
Payee Name Taylor T. Foy	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/03/19	Salary Title Communications Director	Amount $23,782.40	Notes
Payee Name Aakash Singh	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/08/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $23,416.67	Notes
Payee Name Karen A. LaMontagne	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/02/19	Salary Title Legislative Assistant	Amount $23,222.14	Notes
Payee Name Bradley N. Kehr (Brad)	Start Date 01/22/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel, Liberty and Values	Amount $22,999.99	Notes
Payee Name Taylor Catherine Reidy	Start Date 01/09/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Communications Director	Amount $22,916.65	Notes
Payee Name Kelly D. McCormick	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $22,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Madeline C. Alagia (Maddie)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $22,500.00	Notes
Payee Name Brendan Tyler Chestnut	Start Date 01/23/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $22,000.00	Notes
Payee Name Lindsay Ann Erickson	Start Date 01/07/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $21,350.00	Notes
Payee Name Joshua Patrick Flynn-Brown (Josh)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/01/19	Salary Title Senior Investigative Counsel	Amount $20,685.28	Notes
Payee Name Sarah E. Bauer	Start Date 01/10/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $20,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Blake Lanning	Start Date 12/16/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $19,916.63	Notes
Payee Name Michael D. Perkins	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Aide	Amount $19,310.22	Notes
Payee Name Brian M. Simonsen	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/08/19	Salary Title Associate Counsel	Amount $18,099.76	Notes
Payee Name Sean Joseph Cooksey	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/02/19	Salary Title Deputy Chief Counsel	Amount $17,888.86	Notes
Payee Name James W. Layne	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/02/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $17,866.66	Notes
Payee Name Roslyne D. Turner	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 10/08/18	Salary Title Chief Clerk	Amount $16,744.47	Notes
Payee Name Elizabeth Marie Oberan	Start Date 10/16/18	End Date 12/07/18	Salary Title Deputy Chief Counsel	Amount $16,611.08	Notes
Payee Name David M. Dudik	Start Date 10/17/18	End Date 12/02/18 †	Salary Title Chief Clerk	Amount $16,100.01	Notes † Employed to Oct 31 and from Nov 5
Payee Name Rachel Hensley Wright	Start Date 01/14/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $15,186.09	Notes
Payee Name Kateland Jackson (Katie)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 11/01/18	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $14,592.30	Notes
Payee Name Dario Camacho	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/01/19	Salary Title Investigator	Amount $13,866.67	Notes
Payee Name George A. Hartmann	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/03/19	Salary Title Press Secretary	Amount $13,212.45	Notes
Payee Name Kathleen Hunker	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 11/30/18	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $12,638.86	Notes
Payee Name Daniel Preston Parker (Dan)	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 01/01/19	Salary Title Investigator	Amount $11,635.57	Notes
Payee Name Heather L. Navo	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 11/15/18	Salary Title Special Counsel	Amount $11,250.00	Notes
Payee Name Kristina M. Sesek	Start Date 02/04/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Counsel	Amount $11,083.30	Notes
Payee Name Jordan M. Kuchta	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/31/18	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $10,613.38	Notes
Payee Name Barbara J. Ledeen	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Professional Staff Member	Amount $9,947.41	Notes
Payee Name Tona Maria Boyd	Start Date 03/01/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Chief Counsel	Amount $9,583.32	Notes
Payee Name Bentley Olson	Start Date 01/08/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Staff Assistant	Amount $8,761.09	Notes
Payee Name Christopher Ventura (Chris)	Start Date 01/22/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Investigator	Amount $8,625.00	Notes
Payee Name Carlee Jean Tousman	Start Date 01/30/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Deputy Communications Director	Amount $8,472.20	Notes
Payee Name Nicola I. Hawatmeh (Nick)	Start Date 03/01/19	End Date 03/31/19	Salary Title Legislative Counsel	Amount $8,333.32	Notes
Payee Name Heather Caitlin Campbell	Start Date 10/01/18	End Date 12/06/18	Salary Title Legislative Aide	Amount $7,791.65	Notes

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