CS Disco Executive Compensation (FY25)
LAW · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
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Data as of September 14, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 30, 2026
7 filings cited on this page
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This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Eric Friedrichsen: $8,651,343 → $4,063,757 (53.0% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is CS Disco's chief executive and what were they paid?
Eric Friedrichsen was paid $4,063,757 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Director for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $8,651,343 reported for fiscal 2024, Friedrichsen's total was 53.0% lower.
What was CS Disco's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2021, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 86.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held July 12, 2022.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kiwi Camara Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Andrew Shimek Former Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Lafair Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Keith Zoellner Former Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Lafair Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kevin Smith Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Scott Hill Director and Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kiwi Camara Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Friedrichsen Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Scott Hill Chair and Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Lafair Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Melanie Antoon Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Friedrichsen Chief Executive Officer and Director | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Crum Executive Vice President, Chief Product, Technology and Strategy Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Lafair Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Friedrichsen | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Michael Lafair | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Richard Crum | PSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Friedrichsen | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Michael Lafair | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Richard Crum | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Eric Friedrichsen
Chief Executive Officer and Director · Employment agreement · dated April 9, 2024
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| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
| Clawback | ◇ |
Michael Lafair
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2021 filing
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| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
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Richard Crum
Executive Vice President, Chief Product, Technology and Strategy Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2026 filing
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Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Bogan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Scott Hill Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
James Offerdahl | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan L. Blount | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Colette Pierce Burnette, Ed.D | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Aaron Clark, Toby Williams, Robert P. Goodman, Krishna Srinivasan, Eric Friedrichsen and Tyson Baber served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
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| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
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| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | July 12, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact CS Disco disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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136 figures on this page: 135 cited to the filing that reported them, 1 calculated from figures it prints.
135 cited to the filing
1 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001625641-26-0000972025 Summary Compensation Table · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 31, 2025
- 0001625641-26-000044EX-10.11 · EX-10.5
- 0001625641-25-0000592024 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001193125-24-1221862023 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001193125-23-1269002022 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001625641-22-000077
- 0001625641-21-000053EX-10.8
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}