Don McGowan

Don McGowan is a partner at Kamerman, Uncyk, Soniker, & Klein (KUSK). He spent 12 years (2008-2020) as the Chief Legal Officer and Business Affairs of The Pokémon Company International where (among many other things) he coordinated the worldwide launch of Pokémon GO and produced the #1 worldwide feature film, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. After leaving Pokémon (2020-2023), Don spent 4 years as the General Counsel of Bungie and coordinated their $3.6 billion acquisition by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Before Pokémon (2004-2008), Don spent several years at Xbox as the head lawyer for Microsoft Game Studios, where among many other things he was the person who made Bungie into an independent company as well as spearheading all their other studio M&A work, and started his time at Microsoft in their Cybersecurity Law department.

Don is licensed to practice law in Washington State, New York, and the Canadian province of Quebec. Along with his work at KUSK, he teaches Entertainment Law at the University of Washington in Seattle.