Elissa received her law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2011.  In law school, Elissa was an active member of the Moot Court program serving as an Oralist on the Tulane Sports Law team and later becoming an Executive Board member where she coached the Bankruptcy and Criminal Procedure teams. Additionally, Elissa received three Law Excellence Awards for the highest grade in Pretrial Litigation, Copyright Law and Moot Court, in addition to the ABA-BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law.

Prior to law school, Elissa graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice.  Elissa was born and raised in Marietta, Georgia and currently resides in Atlanta.