DoorDash Taps New Legal Chief Amid Battle Over Driver Status (1)

DoorDash Inc. is promoting its vice president of legal Tia Sherringham to general counsel as the company continues to face legal battles over its classification of drivers as contractors.

Keith Yandell, DoorDash’s previous legal department head and chief business and legal officer, will transition to chief business officer, according to the company.

Sherringham joined DoorDash in 2017 as assistant general counsel and has held the vice president of legal role since 2018. DoorDash leaders’ “maniacal focus” drew her to the company, she said in an interview. “You could just feel the energy there, and the commitment” to drivers, merchants ...