Tennille Checkovich

Tennille Checkovich was named General Counsel for Smithfield Foods in 2023. In her role she is responsible for managing all litigation involving the company, overseeing risk mitigation efforts related to a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues and assisting the chief legal officer with management of the legal team. She joined Smithfield in 2020 and most recently served as the company’s deputy general counsel for litigation.  Prior to joining Smithfield, Tennille was an equity partner at McGuireWoods LLP in its business and securities litigation department. She previously served as an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, handling securities litigation and white-collar defense issues for public companies.