Dollar Tree Taps New Legal Chief After Ex-Trump Official Exits

Dollar Tree Inc. has appointed an interim top lawyer following the discount retail chain’s elevation of a new chief executive.

John Mitchell Jr., a senior deputy general counsel at Dollar Tree, is now also its corporate secretary, the company said in a proxy statement filed May 2. He replaces Janet Dhillon, a former Republican member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the Trump and Biden administrations, who joined Dollar Tree in November as its chief legal officer and corporate secretary.

Mitchell is now serving as Dollar Tree’s acting general counsel, Derek Redmond, a vice president of corporate governance and ...