Operators are focused on filling beds as the new school year approaches.

Leiken, who'd been CLO two years, will hand the legal reins to John Mitchell Jr., who joined Dollar Tree as senior deputy general counsel in 2021 and before that was a partner at Williams Mullen.

The planned retirement of Danaher General Counsel Brian Ellis had a domino effect, leading to the hiring of Dollar Tree legal chief Jon Leiken as his successor and the promotion of Dollar Tree Senior ...