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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 take advantage of [[Ellen DeGeneres]]’ social media reach, digital video content, games and apps, including "Heads Up!."<ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=The Variety Legal Impact Report 2015|url=https://variety.com/gallery/the-variety-legal-impact-report-2015/#!72/kevin-yorn/|website=Variety|accessdate=4 May 2015}}</ref> In 2013, Yorn worked on the deal to renew DeGeneres' talk show through 2016-17.<ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/kevin-yorn-526511|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=THR|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref>
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 take advantage of [[Ellen DeGeneres]]’ social media reach, digital video content, games and apps, including "Heads Up!."<ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=The Variety Legal Impact Report 2015|url=https://variety.com/gallery/the-variety-legal-impact-report-2015/#!72/kevin-yorn/|website=Variety|accessdate=4 May 2015}}</ref> In 2013, Yorn worked on the deal to renew DeGeneres' talk show through 2016-17.<ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/kevin-yorn-526511|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=THR|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref>

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 Pictures|DreamWorks]] project.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|last2=Lewis|first2=Andy|title=DreamWorks Nabs Rights to Inspirational Bio of First Female Olympic Track Medalist|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dreamworks-nabs-rights-inspirational-bio-796911|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=June 20, 2018}}</ref>


== Honors ==
== Honors ==

Revision as of 21:16, 29 September 2022

Kevin Yorn
Born (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965 (age 59)
Alma materTulane University
Muhlenberg College
Occupation(s)Founder and Managing Partner at Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm
Board member ofCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Common Sense Media
SpouseJulie Silverman (m. 1996; div. 2005)
Children1[1]
WebsiteIMDB

Kevin Yorn (born July 4, 1965) is an American entertainment attorney who co-founded Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm where he is managing partner.[2]

Early life

Yorn is an alumnus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.[3] He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University Law School. Yorn was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1991.[4] Yorn has collaborated with Tulane University, his alma mater and created funds to promote entertainment and media law at Tulane Law School as well as to support the Gender & Sexuality Studies program in the School of Liberal Arts.[5]

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.[6] In 2018, Yorn was named one of Hollywood's top power lawyers by Hollywood Reporter.[7]

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 take advantage of Ellen DeGeneres’ social media reach, digital video content, games and apps, including "Heads Up!."[8] In 2013, Yorn worked on the deal to renew DeGeneres' talk show through 2016-17.[9]

Honors

The Hollywood Reporter named Yorn one of "Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys" in 2015, 2016, and 2018.[10][11] The Hollywood Reporter also listed Yorn among "America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys" in 2013[12] and 2014.[13] Variety included Yorn in the "Entertainment Attorneys Impact List" in 2009 along with the 2012, 2015 and 2017 "Legal Impact Report", a list of the top in-house attorneys, litigators and transactional lawyers in entertainment.

Family

Yorn's brother Pete Yorn is a musician.[14] Yorn's brother, Rick, is a talent manager. The three brothers make up what Nikki Finke calls, "The Yorn Dynasty" [15] 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.[15]

In 1996, he married film producer Julie Silverman in a Jewish ceremony in Tarrytown, New York.[16] They later divorced in 2005.

References

  1. ^ "Samantha Erica Yorn". 19 May 2000.
  2. ^ "Kevin Yorn". Variety. 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  3. ^ "Kevin Brett Yorn - #151782". The State Bar Of California. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  4. ^ "Kevin Brett Yorn #151782 - Attorney Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  5. ^ "Kevin Yorn (L '90) teams with Tulane on entertainment/media law". Tulane University. April 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Tannenbaum, Rob. "Hollywood Dynasty: The Yorn Brothers". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 Oct 2014.
  7. ^ "Karl Austen - Power Lawyers 2018: Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  8. ^ "The Variety Legal Impact Report 2015". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys". The Hollywood Reporter. THR. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Power Lawyers 2018: Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys". The Hollywood Reporter.
  11. ^ "Power Lawyers 2015: Hollywood's Top 100 Attorneys Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  12. ^ "Power Lawyers: THR Unveils America's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  13. ^ "Power Lawyers 2014: The Complete List A-Z". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  14. ^ "Pete Yorn, Official Site". Pete Yorn. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  15. ^ a b Tannenbaum, Rob. "Hollywood Dynasty: The Yorn Brothers". Wall Street Journal. WSJ. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  16. ^ New York Times: "WEDDINGS;Julie Silverman And Kevin Yorn" July 7, 1996
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