Yemi Adegbonmire is a Los Angeles based intellectual property and entertainment attorney and a member of 2019 The National Black Lawyers Top 100. Described by her peers as jetsetting, vivacious, fresh faced and an advocate for the arts, Yemi Adegbonmire navigates the City of Angels with the wit and intellect of a lawyer and the heart and creativity of an artist. As a former legal executive at The Walt Disney Company, Yemi advised clients on regulatory issues arising from digital marketing, privacy policies and global content distribution. She also provided counsel on intellectual property licensing, and best practices related to social networking websites and user-generated content. A citizen of the world, Yemi is native of Baltimore, Maryland, Yemi spends her summers in Lagos and her winters visiting various wonders of the world. Yemi is a graduate of The Bryn Mawr School for Girls and of Johns Hopkins and Wake Forest Universities. Yemi hired the first Executive Director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, is a former member of GLAAD’s Los Angeles Leadership Council, and currently sits on Lambda Legal’s National Board of Directors. Yemi is currently the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Bail Project. The Bail Project (TBP) is a nation nonprofit with 20 locations across the nation. The Bail Project National Revolving Bail Fund provides free bail assistance to low-income individuals who are legally presumed innocent, and whom a judge has deemed eligible for release before trial contingent on paying bail. TBP enables its clients to return home to their families and communities while awaiting their court dates. TBP is on year 2 of a five-year plan to scale The Bail Project’s Community Release with Support model across America and turn the tide on mass incarceration. It is our mission to restore the presumption of innocence in America and ensure that freedom truly is free again.