Ex-Law Dean Will Return More Than $300K in Bonus Money
The former dean of the University of Maryland law school has agreed to return more than $300,000 in bonus money awarded as part of a “retention package” during an important fund-raising campaign.
Karen Rothenberg had received $410,000 in bonus money over a two-year period ending in 2009, but she has already returned $60,000, according to the Baltimore Sun and the Maryland Daily Record. Now she will return $311,398, which represents the rest of the money less taxes she has paid.
Rothenberg received the bonus money in addition to her $360,000 salary. They payments were questioned in a legislative audit released in February.
Rothenberg will return to the law school this fall as a full-time faculty member teaching a course on biotechnology regulation. The settlement of the dispute was announced Wednesday in a press release by the state attorney general.
