Overview
Elena helps businesses protect and leverage their creativity and intellectual property assets. She provides comprehensive brand enforcement services—including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and domain names—and drafts licensing and commercial agreements that support growth and innovation. Elena also conducts intellectual property due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, ensuring clients identify risks, safeguard value, and achieve smooth transactions.
Prior to joining Stoel, she served as a judicial extern to Judge Danielle J. Forrest of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Ted Stewart of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, and Justice John A. Pearce of the Utah Supreme Court.
Education
J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, J.D.; Editor-in-Chief, BYU Journal of Public Law; Moot Court
Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus, Madrid, Spain, B.S., International Business, Spanish, and International Studies, cum laude
Admissions
Utah
United States District Court for the District of Utah
Languages
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Experience
Client Successes
Insights
Insights & Presentations
- "California AI and Privacy Legislation Update – January 2026" (co-author), Stoel Rives’ Global Privacy & Security Blog®, January 23, 2026
- "Utah Implements First-in-the-Nation Law Requiring Age Verification for App Store Access" (co-author), Stoel Rives’ Global Privacy & Security Blog®, May 15, 2025
- “Filling the Void: 2024 State Privacy Legislation” (co-author), Stoel Rives’ Global Privacy & Security Blog®, May 30, 2024
- “Just Around the Corner: The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”)” (co-author), Stoel Rives’ Global Privacy & Security Blog®, November 2, 2023
- “The Case Against Catalonia: Why Neither Domestic nor International Law Will Aid Catalonia in its Quest for Independence,” 8 INDON. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 389 (2021)
- “What Are We Going to Do About Alice? The Inconsistency Between the Supreme Court’s Patent Eligibility Test and Henry E. Smith’s Modularity Theory of Property” (Working Paper)
Publications
Recognition
- Winner of Best Brief for BYU, Giles S. Rich IP Moot Court Competition, 2023
Affiliations
Professional
- Stoel Rives Inclusion Committee, Member
- Stoel Rives Women Attorneys Group Insight Committee, Member
- ChIPs: Advancing Women in Tech, Law, & Policy, Member
- IAPP: International Association of Privacy Professionals, Member
- BYU Center for Conflict Resolution, former Volunteer Mediator and Arbitrator
- BYU Civil & Criminal Appeals Clinic, 2022
- BYU Law Singapore International Arbitration Academy, former Student Leader
Civic
- Casa de Acogida San Isidro (homeless shelter), Madrid, Spain, former Volunteer