Eli Pales is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office. He practices in the media, art, and technology sectors—including the emerging field of artificial intelligence. Before joining Quinn Emanuel, Eli clerked for Judge Helene White of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and for Justice Hood of the Colorado Supreme Court. Eli worked as a video game journalist before law school, and he continues to share his expertise on the industry through law review articles and university lectures.
- Yale Law School
(J.D., 2022)- Yale Journal of Law and Technology:
- Submissions Editor
- Yale Journal of Law and Technology:
- Michigan State University
(B.A., Journalism and Political Science, summa cum laude, 2019)- Phi Beta Kappa
- The State Bar of California
- The State Bar of Colorado
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Helene White:
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2023-2024
- Law Clerk for the Honorable William Hood:
- Colorado Supreme Court, 2022-2023
- Video Gaming & Competition: Epic v. Google; MS/Activision (Panel), Digit. Mkts. Rsch. Hub (Dec. 17, 2023).
- Video Games and the First Amendment, 20 NW. J. TECH. & INTELL. PROP. 393.
- Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard: Examining the Largest Tech Acquisition of All Time, 12 BERKELEY J. ENT. & SPORTS L. 17.