Biography
Nari Ely has been counsel for Epic Games since 2022 and works in both litigation and product counseling. Prior to joining Epic, Nari worked as a civil litigator for several years, most recently as an associate at Durie Tangri LLP. In private practice, she has litigated cases in a variety of subject matters, including intellectual property, labor and employment, and complex litigation. Nari clerked for the honorable Judge Todd M. Hughes of the Federal Circuit from 2020-2021. She received her law degree in 2016 from Stanford Law School, where she served as Editor in Chief of the Stanford Law & Policy Review, clerked for the Chief Justice of Rwanda, assisted the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in litigating cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and served as Prof. Michael McConnell’s teaching and research assistant. Nari earned an M.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce, in 2013, and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012. In addition to being a lifetime lover of all things geek, she is an avid and sometimes competitive gamer, a dedicated dungeon master, and enjoys rock climbing and cooking.
