Liz Surette
B.A. University of New Hampshire
J.D. New England School of Law
Liz Surette is a Massachusetts-licensed attorney. After graduating from law school, she pursued a music education at UMass Boston and subsequently founded a private law practice.
Liz’s experience in and lifelong affinity for software, video games, music, and media makes her uniquely suited to representing clients in any creative medium or technical field. She routinely provides clients with services involving copyrights, trademarks, contracts, employment matters, intellectual property licensing and protection, creative content, business entity formation, and web-related policies. After hours, she regularly participates in local game development events and has given presentations on relevant legal issues. Liz served on the Steering Committee of the International Game Developers Association’s Business and Legal SIG from 2019 to 2020.
When not providing outstanding client service, Liz enjoys video games, heavy metal, music theory, guitars, researching gaming PC hardware, reading, collecting hot sauces, and exploring new places.
“I am very lucky to be in a line of work where I not only have the privilege of providing services to communities I’m passionate about, but get to personally witness the creativity and drive of my clients. They never cease to impress and inspire me.”
Publications
A Legal Analysis of Brown v. EMA
( http://gamepolitics.com/2011/07/08/legal-analysis-brown-v-ema/ )Speaking
Engagements
February, 2020 PAX East (Boston, MA)
”Law And Order: VGU Episode 2”
October, 2019 Chicago Video Game Law Summit (Chicago, IL)
”Current Issues in Video Game Law” , “Legal Basics for Indie Developers”
March, 2019 PAX East (Boston, MA)
”Law and Order: VGU” , “Beyond the Devkit II”
Aptil, 2018 PAX East )Boston, MA)
”Legal Lootbox” , “Beyond The Devkit”
September, 2016 American Bar Association Business Law Section Annual Meeting (Boston, MA)
”Opportunities and Legal Issues in Virtual Reality for Developers, Consumers and Entrepreneurs”
April, 2016 PAX East (Boston, MA)
“Legal Issues In Gaming”
January, 2014 Boston Indies (Boston, MA)
“Legal Issues In Independent Game Development”