John Rogovin was named Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Warner Bros. Entertainment in September 2008 and assumed the post in January 2009.
As General Counsel for the Studio, Rogovin oversees an operation staffed with more than 125 lawyers responsible for all of the company’s legal needs, including negotiations, litigation, copyright and trademark, intellectual property and employment law. In his role as Executive Vice President, Rogovin serves as an officer of the company, working with Barry Meyer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, the Office of the President (Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group; Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Bros. Television Group; and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group) and the other corporate officers to help identify and delineate long-term growth strategies and business plans for Warner Bros.
A highly experienced attorney in the area of communications and media, Rogovin joined Warner Bros. following a distinguished career in public service and private practice. He was most recently a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, where he helped build the firm’s communications practice, focusing on federal court litigation, regulatory proceedings and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, he served four years (2001-05) as General Counsel for the FCC, providing guidance and advice on key communications issues including the Internet, broadband, convergence and digital rights management. Before that, he was a partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, focusing on trial court and appellate litigation.
From 1993-96, Rogovin served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice in its Civil Division, supervising a unit comprised of 100 attorneys defending the U.S. in lawsuits challenging the legality of governmental policies, programs and actions. Preceding that, he was an Assistant to the Attorney General at the DOJ; served as Deputy Transition Counsel on the Clinton-Gore presidential transition; was an Associate at O’Melveny & Myers; and served as a law clerk to The Honorable Laurence H. Silberman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Rogovin holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a juris doctor degree from University of Virginia Law School. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Counsel Law Center.