Kevin Yorn

Kevin Yorn

Kevin Yorn, Entertainment Attorney
Born (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965
Alma mater Tulane University
Muhlenberg College
Occupation Founder and Managing Partner at Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm[1]
Board member of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Common Sense Media
Website IMDB

Kevin Yorn (born July 4, 1965) is an American entertainment attorney who co-founded Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm where he is managing partner.[2] Along with his firm, Yorn represents such actors as Ellen DeGeneres,[3] Matthew McConaughey, Mike Judge, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone,[4] CSI creator Anthony Zuiker,[5] How I Met Your Mother co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas,[6] Scarlett Johansson,[3] Zoe Saldana,[3] Sarah Michelle Gellar,[7] Liam Hemsworth,[8] Zach Galifianakis,[8] Tony Hawk,[9] and Laura Linney.[10]

Early life

Yorn is an alumnus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.[11] He graduated from Tulane University Law School.[4]

Career

Yorn became a deputy district attorney in L.A. County after graduating from Tulane Law in 1990. He was in the D.A.’s office for five years, working in the Hardcore Gang Investigations Unit.[12]

After the D.A's office, Yorn partnered with Kevin Morris, a lawyer he met through his brother, Rick Yorn. An aspiring writer named Anthony Zuiker asked Yorn for help in escaping a screenwriting contract. Zuiker had an idea to do a show about forensics, which later became CSI, one of the most popular franchises in TV history.

In the summer of 2014, Yorn's firm made a deal with Hulu for three years of South Park reruns, reportedly at a price of more than $80 million, and he helped Zuiker make content deals with YouTube and Yahoo. Yorn also created a joint venture with Warner Bros., Ellen DigitalVentures, to help exploit Ellen DeGeneres’ social media reach as well as her digital video content, games and apps, including "Heads Up!."[13] In 2013, Yorn worked on the deal to renew DeGeneres' talk show through 2016-17.[14]

Yorn will co-produce "Phenomenon," Roseanne Montillo's biography of Betty Robinson, the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. Frank Marshall, Rob Weisbach and Montillo will also produce the DreamWorks project.[15]

Honors

The Hollywood Reporter named Yorn one of "Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys" in 2015 and 2016.[16] The Hollywood Reporter also listed Yorn among "America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys" in 2013[17] and 2014.[18] Variety included Yorn in the "Entertainment Attorneys Impact List" in 2009 along with the 2012 and 2015 Legal Impact Report, a list of the top in-house attorneys, litigators and transactional lawyers in entertainment.[19]

Family

Yorn's brother Pete Yorn is a musician.[20] Yorn's brother, Rick, is a talent manager. The three brothers make up what Nikki Finke calls, "The Yorn Dynasty" [21] The brothers grew up in Montville, New Jersey with their father, Dr. Lawrence Yorn, a dentist who was a captain in the Army, and mother, Joan. Yorn's parents moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Joan Yorn is a receptionist at Kevin Yorn's law firm.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Mr Kevin Brett Yorn, Attorney". Lawyer.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Yorn". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  3. 1 2 3 "Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys". 2013-05-22. Retrieved 30 April 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  4. 1 2 "Power Lawyers 2009". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-30. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (July 9, 2009). "CSI's Anthony Zuiker Reups With CBS". adweek. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  6. ↑ Miller, Daniel. "7 Days Of Deals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  7. ↑ Shprintz, Janet. "Klein joins Barnes firm". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  8. 1 2 "Entertainment Law Firm Announces Addition of Three Attorneys to its Letterhead, Resulting in the New Name, "Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein & Kohner"". Business Wire. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  9. ↑ "The Barnes Morris Partners (Michael Barnes, Kevin Morris, Debbie Klein, Douglas Mark, Kevin Yorn, Stephen Barnes and Jared Levine)". Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  10. ↑ "Linney cast in HBO's 'Adams'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  11. ↑ "Kevin Brett Yorn - #151782". The State Bar Of California. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  12. ↑ Tannenbaum, Rob. "Hollywood Dynasty: The Yorn Brothers". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 Oct 2014.
  13. ↑ Staff, Variety. "The Variety Legal Impact Report 2015". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  14. ↑ Staff, THR. "Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys". The Hollywood Reporter. THR. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Kit, Borys. "DreamWorks Nabs Rights to Inspirational Bio of First Female Olympic Track Medalist". THR. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  16. ↑ Staff, THR. "Power Lawyers 2015: Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys Revealed". THR. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 Apr 2015.
  17. ↑ "Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  18. ↑ "Power Lawyers 2014: The Complete List A-Z". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  19. ↑ Staff, Variety. "The Variety Legal Impact Report 2015". Variety. Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Pete Yorn, Official Site". Pete Yorn. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  21. ↑ Tannenbaum, Rob. "Hollywood Dynasty: The Yorn Brothers". Wall Street Journal. WSJ. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  22. ↑ Tannenbaum, Rob. "Hollywood Dynasty: The Yorn Brothers". Wall Street Journal. WSJ. Retrieved 6 Oct 2014.
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