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Baron E. Ojogho

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T 213.655.9677 Los Angeles
From redlines to red zones to red carpets, I help clients navigate the business of content.
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Baron Ojogho is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and sports attorney who advises clients on the acquisition, development, production, financing, licensing, and distribution of content across film, television, sports, and digital media. He negotiates complex transactions and provides practical legal counsel throughout the content lifecycle.

Baron has advised leading sports, media, and entertainment companies, including the NFL, Netflix, Amazon, Fox, ITV, and ESPN, on high-profile productions, live broadcasts, and content transactions. He served as lead production counsel for the inaugural NFL on Netflix Christmas Day games in 2024, which became the most-streamed NFL broadcast in U.S. history and reached tens of millions of viewers worldwide.

His experience also includes advising on media-rights matters involving the Premier League, PGA Tour, and LA28 Olympic Games, providing insight into the commercial structures and rights frameworks that underpin some of the world's most valuable sports properties. This work has given him a unique perspective on the intersection of content, technology, live events, and sports media.

Baron is a frequent speaker on entertainment and sports transactions and the evolving media landscape. He also serves as a course contributor to USC Gould School of Law's Executive Education program, Entertainment Dealmaking, where he contributed curriculum content and industry interviews focused on entertainment negotiations, content acquisition, talent economics, financing, distribution, and strategic dealmaking.

Practice Highlights

Live sports & entertainment production

Advises clients on live sports and entertainment productions, including rights clearances, talent and guild matters, production-related agreements, risk management, and real-time legal issues arising during live broadcasts and events. Served as lead production counsel for the inaugural NFL on Netflix Christmas Day games in 2024, the most-streamed NFL broadcast in U.S. history.

Film, television, & digital content

Advises studios, streamers, broadcasters, and production companies on scripted and unscripted film, television, and digital media matters, including development, production, rights acquisitions, guild compliance, clearances, licensing, and distribution across traditional and emerging platforms.

Content licensing, distribution, & media rights

Counsels clients on content licensing, distribution, and media-rights transactions across television, film, sports, and digital media. Experience includes matters involving major sports properties, broadcasters, streamers, and production companies, with a focus on the commercial structures and rights frameworks that drive modern content businesses.

Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2020
  • New York, 2014

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law, 2013
    • Member, Spring Tour Chair, NYU J.D./MBA Club
  • B.A., Business Management, Morehouse College, 2010
    • American Express Scholar

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Course Contributor, "Dealmaking for Entertainment Professionals," Executive Education Program, USC Gould School of Law
    • Beverly Hills Bar Association
    • California Copyright Conference
    • Founder/President, Morehouse Men in Media (M3)

Professional Recognition

    • Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Entertainment and Sports Law, 2026
    • Named "Leader of Influence: Minority Attorney" by the Los Angeles Business Journal, 2026

Background

    • Associate, Entertainment and Corporate, Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson LLP, Burbank, California, 2020-2022
    • Consultant/Director, Standards and Practices, Enteractive Solutions Group, Los Angeles, 2018-2020
    • Director, Business and Legal Affairs, NBCUniversal, Universal City, California, 2017-2018
    • Corporate Associate, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York City, 2014-2017
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