| Kevin Yorn | |
| Birth Name: | Kevin Brett Yorn |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1965 |
| Occupation: | Attorney - investor |
| Known For: | Founder and Managing Partner at Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm |
| Spouse: | Julie Silverman (m. 1996; div. 2005) |
| Children: | 1[1] |
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]
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]
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]
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. 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] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
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]
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.
In 1996, he married film producer Julie Silverman in a Jewish ceremony in Tarrytown, New York.[21] They later divorced in 2005.