Walmart Expands Legal With New Female General Counsel for Health

Walmart is expanding its legal department by bringing aboard Jeanine Jiganti as a senior vice president and general counsel for health and wellness. She’s the third female general counsel hired this year at the retail giant.

Last week, Walmart said it had hired former Jones Day partner Kerri L. Ruttenberg as its senior vice president of litigation.

Jiganti joins Walmart from DaVita, Inc., a large health care company where she was senior vice president and chief compliance officer from 2012-18. She starts at Walmart on June 3.

Walmart’s legal department is headed by Rachel Brand, who was No. 3 at ...