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Yemi Adegbonmire is an entertainment and technology attorney with a distinguished career spanning media, corporate governance, and public advocacy. As Vice President of Legal and Associate General Counsel at Cineverse, Yemi provides legal strategy, risk mitigation, growth, and business alignment across Cineverse’s media technologies and its expansive digital content and distribution ecosystem.
Prior to joining Cineverse, Yemi served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at The Bail Project and previously held executive legal roles at The Walt Disney Company, advising on digital marketing, privacy regulations, global content distribution, gaming, and intellectual property matters. Her expertise also extends to network television, having provided legal counsel on high-profile programming at the ABC Television Network.
Yemi was honored with an In-House Counsel Leadership Award by the Los Angeles Times in 2024 and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s General Counsel of the Year award in 2019 and 2020. Beyond her corporate leadership, Yemi is a speaker and educator, frequently guest lecturing at universities and contributing insights at industry conferences on entertainment law. She serves on Wake Forest University’s Law Board of Visitors, Lambda Legal’s Emeritus Board of Directors, The State Bar of California’s Council on Access and Fairness in the Profession, Outfest’s Board of Directors, and is a chartering member of the West Africa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
A Baltimore native, Yemi holds an MHS in Health Policy from Johns Hopkins University and BA and JD degrees from Wake Forest University. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, Yemi is an avid traveler, music enthusiast, and creative force in the arts.
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