John I. McGuire

John I. McGuire (Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Legal Counsel) joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2004. In his current role, John oversees all business negotiations and legal matters relating to studio productions, which include animated feature films, shorts, and scripted and non-scripted content for streaming, and all related studio activities.

John grew up, went to school, and began his professional career in New York City. Motivated by a desire to help people to fight for what is right and to find solutions to their problems, John knew that he wanted to be a lawyer early in life, probably as early as high school. He attended Columbia College (English major) and NYU Law School.

Before joining Disney, John began his career as a military attorney in the Army, worked at various law firms as a corporate attorney, litigator, and entertainment attorney, and then worked in-house at ABC, UFA (Berlin, Germany), Starz and the Jim Henson Company.