Kevin Yorn

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Kevin Yorn
Born
Kevin Brett Yorn

(1965-07-04) July 4, 1965 (age 58)
Alma mater Tulane University
Muhlenberg College
OccupationAttorney - investor
Known forFounder and Managing Partner at Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm
Board member of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Common Sense Media
Spouse Julie Silverman (m. 1996; div. 2005)
Children1 [1]
Website IMDB

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

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Early life and education

Yorn was born in Montville, New Jersey to father Dr. Lawrence Yorn, a dentist and captain in the Army, and his mother, Joan Yorn. He has two brothers, Pete Yorn, a musician and Rick Yorn, a talent manager. [3] [4]

Yorn is an alumnus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. [5] He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University Law School in 1990 and was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1991. [6] 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. [7]

Career

Early 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. [8]

Yorn Barnes Levine

In 1996 Yorn was recruited from the D.A.'s to partner with Michael Barnes, Kevin Morris and Brian Wolf, forming Barnes Morris Wolf & Yorn, based in Santa Monica. [9]

Aspiring writer Anthony Zuiker asked Yorn for help in escaping a screenwriting contract so that he could go on to create the television series CSI, which premiered in 2000. [10] [11]

In 2013, Yorn worked on the deal to renew DeGeneres' talk show through 2016-17. [10]

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. [4] 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!. [12]

Yorn was listed among The Hollywood Reporter's Top 100 Entertainment Attorneys in 2013 and 2014, and one of Hollywood's top power lawyers every year between 2015 and 2023. [10] [4] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Investing

In 2021, Yorn co-founded private equity investment firm Broadlight Holdings with his brother Rick and David Dorfman. [19] The firm is focused on investments in the global technology and consumer landscape. [20]

Personal life

Yorn lives in Los Angeles, California. His parents moved to Los Angeles in 2000, and his mother Joan became a receptionist at Yorn Barnes Levine. [4]

In 1996, he married film producer Julie Silverman in a Jewish ceremony in Tarrytown, New York. [21] They later divorced in 2005.

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