Speakers
Joel Emans, VP Legal, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games
Joel Emans is VP and head of Legal at Wizards of the Coast - the iconic gaming company and digital games division of Hasbro. At Wizards, Joel oversees legal for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons, a growing stable of first and second-party video game studios, and digital out-licensing for all Hasbro brands. Previously, Joel led the US-based commercial legal team at the Pokémon Company International, Inc. and was an associate at Hughes Media Law Group where he provided outside general counsel services to a number of well-known game studios in the (then) emerging world of mobile gaming. Joel teaches video game law at the UW School of Law, is the current chair of the WSBA Corporate Counsel Section and serves as a Trustee of the Make-A-Wish Washington and Alaska chapter. Joel received both his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Washington.