Adina L. Savin

Adina Savin is a veteran entertainment attorney and Business Affairs executive admitted to practice in California and New York. In her present position as executive vice president, Business Affairs, Disney Channels, she leads the Business Affairs and Contract Administration teams for Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior and Disney Television Animation (TVA) studio.

Savin’s responsibilities include oversight of all deals relating to original and acquired programming across Disney Channels and supervising the negotiation of all talent agreements for the production of Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD programming. Additionally, on behalf of Disney Channel and TVA as a production partner, she continues to forge new paths in deal-making for Disney’s streaming business.

Prior to joining Disney, Savin was special counsel to and a senior member of Katten, Muchin & Zavis’ Entertainment Group in Los Angeles, where she was lead outside counsel to Spelling Television, handling matters for hit series including “Melrose Place,” “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “7th Heaven.” Savin was also lead outside counsel to Showtime and Disney Channel on their original television series.

Savin began her entertainment career at NBC Entertainment before moving to Lorimar-Telepictures, whereupon a merger with Warner Bros., she was promoted into the newly-created post of Vice President in charge of Business and Legal Affairs for Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. She later accepted another newly created position at Carolco Pictures as its first vice president in charge of Television Business and Legal Affairs. Savin subsequently became senior vice president in charge of Business and Legal Affairs at Multimedia Motion Pictures. Thereafter, she moved to Rysher Entertainment as its first senior vice president in charge of the company’s Business and Legal Affairs for the production and worldwide distribution of theatrical motion pictures and television series, such as “Nash Bridges.”

A native of Los Angeles, a mother, an avid skier and an amateur archeologist, Savin is on the executive committee of a major scholarship at her alma mater, USC, and is actively involved in many charities, including those supporting the survival of cheetahs in the wild and Egyptology-related projects. She is currently on the national Board of Governors of the American Research Center in Egypt, a Trustee of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, and a member of Women In Film, the Organization of Women Executives and the LA Copyright Society.

Savin holds a B.A from the University of Southern California, an M.A. from Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. She began her legal career as a litigation associate at the prestigious law firm of O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. To “pay it forward,” and to acknowledge the honors, mentorship, and financial aid Savin received as a student, she has endowed a scholarship at USC and another at NYU Law to help others succeed in their careers.