Robert M. Fields is an attorney with over 30 years of experience in dealing with the tax, corporate and securities aspects of executive compensation and has represented a number of compensation committees in his career. He is a partner in the firm of Fox Rothschild LLP, located in its New York City office. Fields is a 1975 graduate of Duke University and a 1978 graduate of the Cornell Law School. He also earned a Master of Laws in Taxation degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. You can contact Fields by telephone at 212-905-2315, by email at rfields@foxrothschild.com or by U.S. mail at his offices located at 100 Park Ave., Suite 1500, New York, New York 10017.
Independent counsel and compensation consultants can best ensure compensation committee independence since the corporation’s general outside lawyers may not be completely unbiased as to compensation issues due to their relationship with the CEO and other senior officers.
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